Piazza Affari continues to rise cautiously, like the other European stock markets, waiting to glean indications on monetary policy from the minutes of the Fed and the ECB. Milan and London rose by 0.1%, Paris by0.2% while Frankfurt moves against the trend (-0.3%).

Futures are in red on Wall Street, which reopens after Presidential day, on the eve of Ndivia's highly anticipated quarterly report. Discover Financial Services jumps in the wake of the acquisition by Capital One.