The main European stock markets are picking up pace compared to a rather cautious morning, with consumer confidence in the Eurozone in line with estimates.
The best is Madrid (+0.75%), followed by Frankfurt (+0.51%), Paris (+0.38%), and Milan (+0.2%).
Only London fell (-0.44%).
US futures are positive following mortgage applications falling less (-0.7%) compared to the previous week (-1.8%) and awaiting weekly crude oil inventories.
The spread between BTPs and German 10-year Bunds increased to 131 points, while the Italian annual yield dropped 3.4 points to 3.61% compared to 4.8 points less than the German one at 2.3%.
The prices of crude oil (WTI -0.7% to 81.05 dollars per barrel) and gas (-0.49% to 27 euros per MWh) fell.
Gold halved the decline (-0.3% to 2,187 dollars an ounce), while steel remained weak (-1.32% to 3,502 dollars a ton).
The dollar rises above 0.92 euros and 0.79 pounds, while it falls to 151.27 yen.
The drop in crude oil slows down oil companies BP (-1.55%) and Shell (-1.3%), while Eni (-0.26%) and TotalEnergies (-0.06%) have made little move.
Cedea London HSBC (-2.26%), penalized by the cut in the recommendation to 'equal weight' by Barclays analysts.
A minus sign also for Standard Chartered (-1.9%).
In Paris, Credit Agricole eliminates the decline (-0.03%), while in PiazzaAffari Bper (-1.19%), Bps (-0.7%), Mps (-0.35%), rather nervous in the aftermath of the sale of a further block of shares by the Treasury, Unicredit (-0.25%) and Intesa (+0.45%).
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