Stock market: Europe confirms the rise, spread drops to 153 points. Milan rises with the Ftse Mib (31,330 points) by 0.6%, followed by Paris (+0.57%).
Further behind are Frankfurt (-0.33%) and London (0.87%) inflation also remained at 4% on an annual basis in January. The Old Continent area index gains half a percentage point with the industrial and financial sectors doing well. Of note are the runs of Leonardo (-4.8%) and Nexi (+4.7%), the latter while, according to rumours, it rejected F2i's offer for the interbank network.