European stock markets weak in the middle of the day, ahead of the start of Wall Street where futures are falling.
Investors remain on the sidelines as they await a batch of inflation data coming later this week.
Oil and gas prices are rising, with fears of a worsening of geopolitical tensions after the attack in Moscow.
The Stoxx 600 index lost 0.2%.
Paris (-0.4%) and London (-0.3%) fell, with little change in Frankfurt and Madrid (-0.03%).
Milan rises (+0.3%).
The main European stock markets are weighed down by the technology sector (-0.4%).
Luxury sales (-0.9%) while sales in China remain unknown.
Weak banks (-0.01%) and utilities (-0.1%), the latter with gas rising to 28.7 euros per megawatt hour (+3.4%).
Energy rose (+0.4%) in line with the trend of oil.
IlWTI gains 0.4% to 80.9 dollars a barrel and Brent stands at 85.7 dollars (+0.3%).
On the government bond front, yields are rising slightly.
The spread between BTPs and Bunds continues at 132 points, with the Italian ten-year rate gaining four basis points to 3.67% and the German one to 2.34% (+2 points).
Saipem runs in Piazza Affari (+5%).
Tim (+3%) is in the spotlight, with the hypothesis of an offer for Sparkle by the Spanish fund Asterion, specialized in infrastructure, alongside the Mef.
Leonardo also advances (+2.4%).
At the bottom of the list are Diasorin (-1.2%), Cucinelli (-1%) and Erg (-0.9%).
The banks were positive with Mps (+1.3%), Bper (+1%), Banco Bpm (+0.7%), Intesa and Unicredit (+0.6%).
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