The Milan stock exchange finds its strength, together with the other lists of the Old Continent, and closes with a marked rise, continuing the earnings of the eve Fears for the spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus seem to take a back seat, despite the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned that “we are in the early stages of another wave of infections and deaths “. In the background there are also concerns about the increase in inflation and the possible evolution of the monetary policy of the main central banks, which could reawaken tomorrow at the meeting of the ECB. At the moment, however, operators are looking above all to the corporate sector and to the good quarterly results achieved so far.
In this context, the Ftse Mib index closed with a progress of 2.36% in the area of 24,675.61 points. Among the stocks in the main basket, there are many positive signs. But for most of the day Stm stood out, with a jump of 4% which allowed the stock to exceed the 32 euro threshold. Rents on purchases also on Unipol Gruppo and Leonardo, up by 4 and 3.8% respectively.
Among the banks, tonica Mediobanca (+ 3.3%), after Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone, who had risen to 1% of the bank last March, strengthened its stake and now holds a total of 5.055% of Piazzetta Cuccia. In the sector, the only discordant note was Bper Banca which at the end of the day recorded a + 1.3%. At the bottom of the main basket we find utilities with Italgas, Snam and Terna up by about half a percentage point.