The ancient continent’s arenas are still weak
European stock markets were weak on the first day of the week, with US listings halted due to holidays. Milan loses 0.3%, less than Madrid (-0.36%) and above all London (-0.44%), Frankfurt (-0.66%) and Paris (-0.72%), with fewer exchanges than usual, limited to 500 million euros in Piazza. Avary. Listings were affected by lower gold (-0.34% to $1,958.37 an ounce) and crude oil (Wti -0.64% to $71.32 a barrel), with sales mainly in the raw materials sector, starting with chemical giant Basf (-2.59%), with Considering downgrading the recommendation from ‘Buy’ (Buy) to ‘Hold’ (Keep in portfolio), by HSBC analysts. Also under pressure are Air Liquide (-3.26%), Antofagasta (-1.77%), Anglo American (-1.7%) and ArcelorMittal (-1.24%). Oil producers Shell (-0.54%), Eni (-0.48%) and BP (-0.29%) are more cautious, in contrast to TotalEnergies (+0.1%). Semiconductor producers STM (-0.2%) and Infineon (+0.5%) were by contrast, while luxury suffers from uncertainty in the Chinese market, with tensions with the US over the future of Taiwan. Moncler loses 1.6%, Kering 1.55%, Lvmh 1.56% and Richemont 1.4%. Purchases on banks, from Italian Mps (+2%), Bper (+1.58%) and Unicredit (+1.2%) to Standard Chartered (+1.54% in London) and SocGen (+1.1% in Paris). Weakness of NatWest (-0.74%) and Commerzbank (-0.29%).
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