Piazza Affari did well in the last session before the Christmas break. The Ftse Mib, fresh from two sessions of convinced increases, marks at the end of + 0.70% at 27,016 points. The Milan stock exchange accelerated in the afternoon in the wake of the positive trend of Wall Street. Important bank from some studies in South Africa and the United Kingdom and which have indicated that the risk of hospitalization is significantly lower with the Omicron variant than the Delta variant.
Among the individual securities, we note the advance of CNH (+ 3.45% to € 16.78) to new all-time highs. Today the extraordinary meeting of CNH shareholders approved the proposed demerger of Iveco. CNH expects to complete the demerger on December 31, 2021 with effect from January 1, 2022. From January 3, 2022, CNH Industrial ordinary shares will be traded on both the NYSE and Euronext Milan ex-assignment of Iveco Group ordinary shares. CNH shareholders will receive one Iveco ordinary share for every five Cnh Industrial ordinary shares held at the close of the record date for the purpose of assigning the shares, scheduled for January 4, 2022.
Intesa Sanpaolo (+ 0.92% to € 2.251) and Poste (+ 0.89%) are also doing well today. Finally Leonardo (+ 0.06%) stabilizes after the rally on the eve of the day. In the hearing of the Committees of Productive Activities and Defense, the CEO Alessandro Profumo yesterday focused on the issue of the sale of Oto Melara and Wass. The desire to sell Oto Melara and WASS reaffirmed in order to ensure long-term sustainability of the business and therefore of the employment of the two companies. KNDS and Fincantieri have expressed their interest in the two companies and the last stages of the due diligence are underway. Leonardo expects the non-binding offers to be formulated shortly.