by Verità&Affari editorial team
Positive day for European stock markets, despite the worsening of tensions in the Middle East, which cause the price of oil to skyrocket. The United States and Britain struck Houthi military targets in Yemen overnight, in response to attacks carried out on commercial vessels in the Red Sea by the Iranian-backed militant group. Attention is also paid to the indications coming from corporate quarterly reportswith the first important ones US financial groups who have released their results in these hours (JPMorgan, BofA, Citigroup, Wells Fargo).
On the shields, Enel and Hera shares are moving higher on Piazza Affari, after press rumors regarding the fact that (with 7 lots each) lead the ranking preliminary stage of the awards in theauction for the assignment of customers who will leave the protected market of electricity mid-year to move on to that of gradual protections. Each lot corresponds to approximately 180 thousand customers.