Closure in sharp decline for Piazza Affari.
The Ftse Mib index lost 1.65%, falling to 26,630 points.
Around 5 pm, the sudden drop in crude oil slowed international stock exchanges, from Milan (Ftse Mib -1.52%) to Madrid (-1.74%), from Paris (-1.4%) to Frankfurt (-1.2%) and London (-1.1%).
After a short time, the final push of crude oil on the main European stock exchanges and on Wall Street, which immediately amplified the drop marked at the beginning.
Under pressure Milan (Ftse Mib -1.6%), which from the first fell to the bottom of the European ranking together with Madrid (-1.7%).
Weak also Paris (-1.46%), more cautious Frankfurt (-1.2%) and London (-1.1%), while in New York the Dow Jones loses 1.6%) and the Nasdaq l '1.45%.
The sudden slide of crude oil (Wti -4.51% to 72.23 dollars a barrel and Brent -4.3% to 75.9 dollars) pushed Eni down (-4.2%) among the most heavy in Piazza Affari, together with Saipem (-7.07%) and Tenaris (-5,
17%).
Also under pressure are the European rivals from BP (-8.82%), which also presented the quarterly, to Shell (-4.31%) and TotalEnergies -4.63%), whose weight on the respective lists is less than that of the sector in Italy.
Chevron was also heavy (-4.26%) on the New York Square.
The differential between Italian Btos and ten-year German Bunds rose to 190.7 points, with the Italian annual yield down by 0.2 points to 4.16% and the German one by 4.9 points to 2.258% and the US one by 12 .7 points to 3.43%.
The dollar turns downwards, changing hands at 0.91 euros, while it remains strong at 0.8 pounds, with gold suddenly turning positive (+1.16% at 2,011 dollars an ounce), by new above the $2,000 mark.
Finally, Piazza Affari closed in sharp decline.
But all the main European stock exchanges slide into closure,
