European markets positive

(Teleborsa) - Europe's major markets finish in positive territory. Piazza Affari also ends trade on a bullish note. The stars and stripes market is essentially healthy, with the S&P-500 registering a modest gain of 0.37%.

EUR / USD is trading negative, having shed -0.91% so far. Gold trades up, advancing to 2,660.1 dollars per ounce. Light Sweet Crude Oil rises sharply, gaining +2.57%.

The Spread is broadly on the previous day's level as it settles at +113 basis points, while the Italy ten-year BTP is at +3.52%.

Among the major European bourses, Frankfurt makes fairly pedestrian progress (+0.58%), London is in good shape, advancing +1.07%, and lacklustre Paris registers almost no change against the previous trading session.

The Milanese stock exchange closes slightly higher, with the FTSE MIB rising +0.55% to 34,375 points, consolidating after three consecutive days of gains, which began last Friday; similarly, the FTSE Italia All-Share bolts up to 36,593 points.

The FTSE Italia Mid Cap is moderately up (+0.57%), as the FTSE Italia Star is up +0.82%.

Saipem (+6.10%), ENI (+2.84%), Recordati (+2.27%) and Prysmian (+2.27%) among the best performing blue chips in Piazza Affari.

Bper has the worst performance, closing -2.90% down.

MPS Bank is modestly down, shedding -1.41%.

Banca Popolare Sondrio drifts -1.35% lower.

Unipol totters along with a modest -1.16% decline.

D'Amico (+6.70%), The Italian Sea Group (+4.99%), Ariston Holding (+4.11%) and Alerion Clean Power (+3.75%) top the ranks of Milan's mid-caps.

BFF Bank reports the heaviest losses, ending the session -2.07% down.

Sesa suffers losses of 1.77%.

Investors hurry to sell as Philogen declines -1.54%.

El.En plunges -1.54% on intense selling.

(Teleborsa) 01-02-2025 06:02 PM