Piazza Affari passes the mid-day mark with a slight rise in line with the other European markets, awaiting the start of Wall Street and clearer signals from the central banks on the rate cutting policy. Among the main stocks on the Milanese list, Interpump (+3.4%), Iveco (+2.8%) and Saipem, which rose by 2.4%, always performed well.
Btp-Bund spread slightly down to 140 basis points, gas stable at 26 euros per Megawatt hour.