Piazza Affari shines

(Teleborsa) - The Borsa Italiana is up amid a flurry of buy orders, just like the major European exchanges. Meanwhile, investors reap rewards in Wall Street as the US market starts the day in pole position.

EUR / USD makes timid gains, progressing by +0.26%. Gold is up +1.16% at 2,589.1 dollars per ounce. A day of solid gains for Light Sweet Crude Oil, which is up +1.98%.

The Spread retreats slightly to +132 basis points, down -2 BPs, while the Italy BTP 10-year yield stands at +3.48%.

Among the markets of the Old Continent, Frankfurt impresses with a +1.55% rise, a positive performance for London, which advances by a notable +0.91%, and Paris takes off (+2.29%).

The Italian stock market closes on the plus side, with the FTSE MIB +1.16% up; similarly, the FTSE Italia All-Share holds onto solid gains, ending the day at 36,206 points.

The FTSE Italia Mid Cap puts in an excellent performance (+1.8%); on the same trend direction, the FTSE Italia Star improves sharply (+1.74%).

Among Italy's best performing large-caps, Campari boasts a +9.54% increase as investors scramble to get their hands on shares.

An ebullient Brunello Cucinelli is up +4.53%.

Prysmian sparkles, managing to pull off a +3.96% increase.

Ferrari's +3.79% surge cheers investors.

Inwit sees the heaviest sell-offs, finishing trade -2.17% lower.

Terna declines by a notable -1.98%.

Hera is struggling, -1.96% down.

ERG suffers losses of 1.95%.

MFE B (+15.24%), MFE A (+14.08%), Carel Industries (+5.03%) and Cementir (+4.39%) are among the best performing stocks in the FTSE Italia Mid Cap basket.

Ascopiave sees the heaviest sell-offs, finishing trade -1.39% lower.

Juventus contracts moderately by -1.14%.

Iren is subdued, shedding -1.09%.

Philogen falls just below its previous value.

Among the macroeconomic variables of high impact:

Thursday, 9/19/2024
2:30 PM USA: current account, quarterly (expected -259 Bln $; prev. -241 Bln $)
2:30 PM USA: Philly FED manufacturing activity index (expected -0.8 points; prev. -7 points)
2:30 PM USA: initial jobless claims, weekly (expected 230K units; prev. 231K units)
4:00 PM USA: leading indicator, monthly (expected -0.3%; prev. -0.6%)
4:00 PM USA: existing home sales, monthly (prev. 1.5%)
4:00 PM USA: existing home sales (expected 3.92 Mln units; prev. 3.96 Mln units)

Friday, 9/20/2024
1:30 AM Japan: consumer price index, yearly (prev. 2.8%).

(Teleborsa) 19-09-2024 18:02