For the main European stock exchanges (including Piazza Affari) they are preparing for a start in mixed territory, after the closing in the red of Wall Street in a context in which concerns about inflation still dominate. In yesterday’s session, the S&P 500 index lost 0.21% to 4,188.13 points, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 81.52 points to 34,312.46, the Nasdaq Composite closed around parity at 13,657, 17 points.
On a day without significant macro data (only US crude oil stocks on the agenda), investors await the speech by Federal Reserve (Fed) Vice President Randal Quarles, as concerns continue to hover over the markets regarding inflation. and potential tapering.
Meanwhile in Piazza Affari the day restarts from an altitude of 24,892 (yesterday’s closing at + 0.006%), after having once again failed to close beyond the 25,000 point wall (level reached in intraday). Among the individual securities to be monitored, Unipol and UnipolSai. Yesterday, with the markets closed, UnipolSai announced that it intends to purchase a total of 30,000,000 ordinary shares of Banca Popolare di Sondrio, equal to approximately 6.62% of the bank’s share capital.