Wall Street opened negative with the Dow Jones losing 0.20% to 32,990.47 points. Frankfurt fell 1.84%, Paris 1.88% and London 1.89%.

Europe's area index, the stoxx 600, leaves nearly 2 percentage points on the ground. The spread between BTP and Bund is in the area of 185 basis points with the yield on the Italian ten-year at 4.29%. On the commodity front, gas fell below 28 euros (27.74), again on October 2021 levels.