MILANO – The markets are still hanging on to developments in ongoing negotiations on the Ukrainian front in an attempt to prevent a military conflict. There is expectation today for the meeting in Moscow between the German chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Russian president Vladimir Putin after CNN said last night that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky would be informed that the day of the Russian attack would be Wednesday, February 16. The world listins are living with learning these days of escalation.
Europe starts out in no particular order Milano salt by 0.6%, London 0.59%, Frankfurt earns 0.48% e Paris 0.47%. The Asian lists are down, with the sole exception of Shanghai, with Tokyo ending trading at -0.79%. The Japanese financial center also discounts a figure of the country’s GDP below expectations. In the fourth quarter, growth on an annualized basis was 5.4% against the expected 5.8%.
Opening slightly down to 160 basis points for the spread between BTP and German Bund, with the Italian ten-year yield at 1.90% on the secondary market. The euro opens higher and is trading at $ 1.1323 and yen 130.52. Dollar / yen drops to 115.19.
Among commodities, after the increases of the last few days, the Petroleum there is a tragedy: WTI crude oil changes hands this morning at 94.91 dollars a barrel (-0.58%) while Brent crude drops by 0.49% to 96.02 dollars a barrel. It also slows down theoro: in the morning the bar with immediate delivery changes hands at 1,877 dollars an ounce, down 0.38%