At mid-session, European stock markets confirmed the rise, although cautious and always oriented towards future moves by central banks.
And futures on Wall Street are also positive.
The market seems to have digested the reduced prospects of an interest rate cut in the short term.
Milan rises with the Ftse Mib (31,330 points) by 0.6%, followed by Paris (+0.57%).
Further behind are Frankfurt (+0.33%).
London travels independently (+0.87%) while inflation also remained at 4% on an annual basis in January.
The Old Continent area index gains half a percentage point with the industrial and financial sectors doing well.
Of note are the runs of Leonardo (+4.8%) and Nexi (+4.7%), the latter while, according to rumours, it rejected F2i's offer for the interbank network.
Prosieben then took a decisive step (+4.1%) with the fourth quarter of the subsidiary diMfe (+2.9% for A shares and +2.4% for B shares), better than estimates.
Tim is flat (+0.04%) awaiting the preliminary final balance for 2023 while Essilorluxottica rises by 1%, the latter awaiting not only the accounts but also the list of the board of directors.
The spread between BTPs and Bunds is decreasing to 153 points while the yield on the Italian ten-year bond is stable at 3.89%.
For the rest, in the commodities to be noted the drop in the price of gas (-0.5% to 25.2 euros), which fell to a minimum of 24.7 euros per megawatt hour.
Oil rises slightly with the WTI at 78 dollars a barrel (+0.2%) and Brent at 83 dollars (+0.3%).
Finally, for exchange rates, the euro flattens to 1.7005 dollars.
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