Piazza Affari continues to be positive at the halfway point of the session, with the Ftse Mib index growing by 1% to 34,104 points. Prysmian made a solitary move (+6.88%), which announced the acquisition of the American Encore Wire.
The drop in crude oil (WTI -1% to 84.82 dollars per barrel) slows down Tenaris (-1.49%) and Eni (-0.92%) The spread between German BTPs and Bunds drops to 139 points with the Italian annual yield rising by 2.9 points to 3.78% and the German one by 3.7 points to 2.39%. The Italian index is up 1% at mid-session, amidst brilliant trade already worth more than 1 billion euros. It is favored by the extension of tensions between Israel and Hamas to Iran. The index is down 1% in the afternoon, with Juventus and Lazio the only two companies to remain unchanged.