MILANO – 13:45. End of the week oriented to the upside for the European stock exchanges. The lists are all confirmed with the plus sign, at mid-day, supported by the good pull of Wall Street, where yesterday the stocks of the technology sector were the protagonists, and where the results beyond the expectations of the US banks were welcomed in their quarterly. A performance that also pushed the Asian indices this morning, with Tokyo which ended the session at + 1.81%. Meanwhile, expectations are growing for Monday, when the data on Chinese GDP will be released in the third quarter: according to a survey conducted by Afp among 12 analysts, growth is expected to reach 5.0% on an annual basis for July-September, a sharp slowdown compared to the 7.9% recorded in the previous three months.
In Europe, the day is therefore positive, even if the main squares trim the gains during the session. Milano salt of 0.44%, London by 0.18%, Frankfurt salt by 0.29%, Paris 0.41%. TO Business Square the spotlight is still on Leonardo, which fell yesterday after some manufacturing defects emerged in the Boeing 787s attributable to the components supplied by the public subsidiary, which last night defended itself by pointing out that the company that had physically produced the components is no longer a supplier to the group. Futures up are also positive Wall Street.
On the currency front, theeuro changed hands at 1.1606 dollars (from 1.1585 dollars yesterday) and 132.37 yen (131.64), while the dollar / yen stood at 114 (113.62). Bitcoin, the protagonist of a race in these days, is back to touch the 60 thousand dollars. The spread between German BTPs and German Bunds was little moved, just over 100 points, on the day in which the Treasury announces the fourth issue of the BTP Futura. Also noteworthy is the new record of public debt, while inflation in September – albeit slightly reduced compared to preliminary estimates – is at the top since 2012.
The advance of the Petroleum: in the morning, WTI crude oil with delivery in November rises above 82 dollars per barrel (82.04 dollars, + 0.89%). Brent also rose with delivery in December reaching 84.83 dollars per barrel (+ 0.99%).
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