European stock markets slow down after a mixed start on Wall Street.
There is anticipation on the markets for the ECB meeting scheduled for this week.
Government bond yields are rising, awaiting the next moves from central banks.
Also under the spotlight are the quarterly results and the effects of geopolitical tensions.
On the currency front, the euro falls to 1.0859 against the dollar.
The spread between BTPs and Bunds stands at 156 points, with the yield on the Italian ten-year bond at 3.89%.
The Stoxx 600 area index lost 0.4%.
Madrid (-0.9%), Paris and Milan (-0.5%), Frankfurt (-0.3%) and London (-0.1%) fell.
The price lists are weighed down by the pharmaceutical sector (-1.3%).
Utilities also fell (-0.8%), with gas falling by 1.4% to 26.9 euros per megawatt hour.
Sales in the financial sector with banks losing 0.2% and insurance companies 1%.
Energy is in positive territory (+0.1%), with oil falling.
The WTI lost 0.7% to 74.2 dollars a barrel and Brent dropped 0.8% to 79.4 dollars.
Cars (+1%) and luxury cars (+0.5%) are on the rise.
In Piazza Affari, Leonardo and A2a (-2.5%) and Hera (+2%) slipped.
Ferrari (+1.9%), Italgas (-1.7%) and Enel (-1.2%) also performed poorly.
In the main list, Iveco (+2.8%) and Saipem (+2.1%) show their muscles.
Campari (+1.7%) and STM (+1.4%) also advanced, the latter in view of last year's accounts.
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