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The stock exchanges today, April 21, 2021. The weakness of the markets continues, the virus returns to worry

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MILANO – 9:10 am. Growing contagions in some parts of the world fuel the phase of uncertainty on the financial markets: Asian equities moved lower with the MSCI Asia Pacific index, details Bloomberg, stumbled upon the worst day in a month after weakness had already characterized last night’s closing on Wall Street. The European lists open trading in search of a rebound, while the American futures are again oriented downwards: Milano marks a gain of 0.45% at the opening, London salt by 0.2%, Paris 0.4% e Frankfurt 0.4%. There is expectation among investors for the meeting of the ECB of tomorrow.

“Renewed concerns about global economic recovery have weighed on commodity prices and commodity currencies. Many countries, such as India and Brazil, have set new records for infections and deaths,” said analysts from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia . Pakistan also has a worrying picture, while some areas of Japan such as Tokyo and Osaka are calling for emergency interventions. “As long as the virus persists – they observed – there is a risk that the variants develop and spread to other countries” undermining the global recovery. On these considerations, the Tokyo stock exchange lost 2% this morning dropping below 29,000 points which it had passed in March without ever looking back. Bad Hong Kong to -1.7%. Instead, he held Shanghai. Last night, the Dow Jones lost 0.75%.

Among currencies, the dollar stabilized after falling to a low since early March against theeuro and the British pound, awaiting the European Central Bank (ECB) monetary policy meeting tomorrow. The single currency drops by 0.03% against the dollar and changes hands at 1.2030 dollars and 129.91 yen. Dollar / yen fell to 107.97. The pound is trading at $ 1.3933 and € 0.8635.

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Even the price of the Petroleum affected by the weak picture: the Texas WTI falls by 0.8% to $ 62.17 a barrel while the North Sea Brent loses 0.8% to $ 66.1.

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