Stock market: Milan remains weak (-0.7%) after the start of Wall Street, gas runs
Quick Look
- European stock markets remain uncertain between the declines in Milan and Frankfurt and the increases in London and Paris.
- Natural gas rises, while Bitcoin collapses below $79,000 due to fears of a hacker attack on Binance.
- Amplifon collapses in Piazza Affari.
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Why It Matters
Bitcoin fell following rumors of a hacker attack on the Binance platform. Amplifon recorded significant losses after the publication of its financial results.
The European stock markets remain uncertain after the start of Wall Street: the best stock exchanges are those of London and Paris, which rise by 0.2%, while Frankfurt loses 0.6% and Milan 0.7%.
The BTP-Bund spread remains rather calm at around 118 points, with the euro limited by 0.1% to 1.16 against the dollar.
In the energy sector, gas rises by 5.6% above 103 euros per megawatt hour, with oil in New York increasing by almost two percentage points to around 104 dollars a barrel.
Bitcoin fell below $79,000 (reaching lows around $78,297) after the hypothesis of a maxi-hacker attack on the Binance platform, which would have involved the unauthorized withdrawal of approximately $2.77 billion in various assets.
In Piazza Affari, among the main stocks, the slide of Amplifon continues (-13% to 11.2 euros) after the accounts released yesterday with the markets closed, followed by Technoprobe which drops by more than 7% also due to the global weakness of the hi-tech sector. Prysmian also did badly, losing five percentage points.
Some sales among the banks (Unicredit -1.3%, Mps -1%), while Moncler marks an increase of more than two percentage points.
Open Questions
- Official confirmation of the hacker attack on Binance
- Long-term impact on Amplifon's accounts
