After a first part marked by weakness, the European stock exchanges all closed in positive territory helped, during the second part, also by the positive start of the stars and stripes lists.
In a pre-Christmas climate, Piazza Affari closed above par despite the weakness of a banking sector (UniCredit recorded a -0.07% and Intesa Sanpaolo a -0.09%) weakened by the purchases recorded in yesterday’s session.
The worst performance of the Ftse Mib, which stopped at 26,827.93 points (+ 0.66%), was recorded by BPER Banca (-0.56%), whose Board of Directors took note of the letter with which the Fund Interbancario di Tutela Depositi “deemed the non-binding offer presented by BPER Banca to be unacceptable” to acquire 88.3% of Banca Carige.
“BPER Banca reiterated to the FITD its willingness to provide the requested clarifications and to carry out the investigations deemed necessary, as well as to jointly verify the assumptions underlying the Offer; all in the context of an adequate exclusivity regime “.
Money on CNH Industrial shares (+ 2.72%) and positive performances were also recorded by Leonardo (+ 2.42%) and Prysmian (+ 1.26%).
On the day of its debut on Euronext Growth Milan, Directa Sim shares closed with a + 12.25%, reaching 3.3675 euros. The placement and sale price of the shares was set at € 3 per share, for an overall valuation of the 16.5 million existing shares equal to € 49.5 million (free float at 13.64%).
On the sovereign bond market, the BTP-Bund spread rose by 1.6% to 134 basis points. (in collaboration with money.it)
