European markets positive
(Teleborsa) - Europe's major markets trade in positive territory. Piazza Affari also trades on a bullish note. Meanwhile, on Wall Street the S&P-500 remains just above the no-change mark.EUR / USD is essentially stable at previous levels, finishing at 1.055. Gold trades up, advancing to 2,661.5 dollars per ounce. Light Sweet Crude Oil meanders around the flatline, settling at 68.82 dollars per barrel.
The Spread rises a scant 2 basis points to reach +119 BPs, with the Italy BTP 10-year yield at +3.27%.
Among the European indices, Frankfurt is in good fettle with a +1.03% increase, London is essentially flat, offering a scant +0.07%, and Paris is in good shape, advancing +0.78%.
Piazza Affari closes slightly up as the FTSE MIB posts a fractional gain of +0.46%; similarly, the FTSE Italia All-Share crawls up to 35,586 points.
The FTSE Italia Mid Cap is practically unchanged (+0.19%); the FTSE Italia Star inches up +0.38%.
Amplifon (+2.26%), Stmicroelectronics (+2.15%), MPS Bank (+1.87%) and Unipol (+1.60%) among the best performing blue chips in Piazza Affari.
Telecom Italia reports the heaviest losses, ending the session -1.47% down.
Mediobanca contracts moderately by -1.18%.
Moncler is subdued, shedding -0.77%.
Banca Popolare Sondrio falls just below its previous value.
Comer Industries (+7.17%), Fincantieri (+2.38%), BFF Bank (+2.22%) and Digital Value (+1.88%) are among Italy's top mid-cap stocks.
Moltiply Group reports the heaviest losses, ending the session -3.09% down.
Investors are selling as SOL records a -2.16% fall.
Ferragamo shows a negative session -2.12% down.
Troubled Carel Industries falls -1.88%.
Among the macroeconomic variables of high impact:
Friday, 11/29/2024
12:30 AM Japan: unemployment rate (expected 2.5%; prev. 2.4%)
12:50 AM Japan: retail sales, yearly (expected 2.1%; prev. 0.7%)
12:50 AM Japan: industrial production, monthly (expected 3.8%; prev. 1.6%)
8:00 AM Germany: retail sales, monthly (expected -0.5%; prev. 1.6%)
8:00 AM Germany: retail sales, yearly (expected 3.2%; prev. 3.8%)
8:45 AM France: employment, quarterly (expected -0.1%; prev. 0%)
8:45 AM France: gross domestic product, quarterly (expected 0.4%; prev. 0.2%).
(Teleborsa) 11-29-2024 06:02 PM