Piazza Affari drops half an hour after the start of US trading

Piazza Affari remains weak half an hour after the start of US trading, with the Ftse Mib index falling by 0.41% to 53,365 points.

The spread between German BTPs and Bunds stabilizes at 80 points, with the Italian annual yield growing by 4.4 points to 4.06% and the German one by 3.6 points to 3.26%.

Compared to the unchanged closing of the day before, profit-taking was recorded for STM (-5.56%) and Prysmian (-2.9%), which had gained equally in the wake of new investments in artificial intelligence and data centers.

Also heavy were Avio (-2.3%), Buzzi (-1.43%) and Fineco (-1.34%).

The parties reversed themselves compared to the previous session also on the rise front. Nexi (+1.6%) appears to be the best, followed closely by Eni (+1.5%), driven by US crude oil above 85 dollars a barrel and Snam (+1.12%).

Moncler rebounds (+0.76%) but not Cucinelli (-0.32%), while Ferragamo has made little move (+0.27%).

In no particular order Intesa (+0.54%), Mediobanca (+0.24%), Mps (+0.05%), Banco Bpm (-0.27%) and Unicredit (-0.76%).

Among the smaller capitalization stocks, Gas Plus (+2.03%), Reply (+1.96%) and Rai Way (+1.92%) rose, while Eurotech (-7.3%) and Gabetti (-6.15%) slipped.