European stock markets were nervous after Israel's retaliatory attack on Iran. The crisis in the Middle East is fueling sell-offs in the equity sector.
On the currency front, the Euro weakens to 1.0645 against the dollar. The Stoxx 600 area index lost 0.7%. Sales in Madrid (-1.2%), Frankfurt (-0.9%), Paris (-0.7%), and London (- 0.6%) are down. The price of gold slows down to 2,385 dollars an ounce after having reached a high of 2,417 dollars. The spread between BTPs and Bunds is stable at 142 points, with the yield on the Italian 10-year bond falling by two basis points to 3.88% and the German one to 2.46%. Spain also fell to3.27% and Greece to 3,52%. In Amsterdam, prices fell by 2.8% to 31.3 euros per megawatt hour. Among raw materials, the price of gas is decreasing, with the utility stock sector recording a decline of 0.4%.