The Stoxx 600 index gained 0.3%. Madrid, Frankfurt and Paris are up while London is down (-0.1%) Attention is focused on a series of interventions by representatives of the Fed and the ECB.

In this context, government bonds are falling slightly. The euro falls to 1.0770 against the dollar. The yield on the Italian 10-year bond falls by 4 basis points to 3.91% while the German one drops two points to 2.35 percent.