Milan gained 1.1%, Paris 0.9%, Frankfurt 0.56% and London 0.44, while Madrid was weak (-0.1%). The spread between German 10-year BTPs and Bunds rose to 149 points, with the Italian annual yield falling by 4.7 points to 3.79% and the German one by 2.5 points to 2.3%.
The new slowdown in the GDP of the United Kingdom, now in technical recession, is worrying.