Positive European stock markets, with investors ready to bet on the easing of monetary policy by central banks.
Attention is focused on a series of interventions by representatives of the Fed and the ECB while awaiting the American inflation data expected tomorrow.
In this context, government bonds are falling slightly.
On the currency front, the euro falls to 1.0770 against the dollar.
The Stoxx 600 index gained 0.3%.
Madrid (+0.6%), Frankfurt and Paris (+0.4%) are up while London is down (-0.1%).
The main European stock markets are supported by the real estate sector (+1.1%) and utilities (+0.6%), with the latter looking at the decline in the price of gas.
In Amsterdam, prices dropped 3.6% to 26.1 euros per megawatt hour.
Luxury prices rise (+0.5%), after the agreed takeover bid launched on 36% of Tod's aimed at delisting from Piazza Affari.
In Paris, Lvhm shares gained 0.5%.
Banks (+0.5%) and insurance companies (+0.4%) are growing.
Energy rises (+0.6%), with the price of oil falling.
The WTI falls by 0.4% to 76.5 dollars a barrel and Brent loses 0.5% to 81.8 dollars.
The pharmaceutical sector (-0.2%) and the technology sector (-0.3%) performed negatively.
On the government bond front, the spread between BTPs and Bunds stands at 155 points, with the yield on the Italian 10-year bond falling by 4 basis points to 3.91% while the German one drops two points to 2.35 percent.
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