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The main squares of the old continent still remain in balance. In Asia, the Nikkei closed but gained 16% since the beginning of the year. Dollar under pressure, oil rises
by Chiara Di Cristofaro
The main squares of the old continent still remain in balance. In Asia, the Nikkei closed but gained 16% since the beginning of the year. Dollar under pressure, oil rises
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European stock markets move little and are at the highs reached in recent sessions, in what is the last session of the year for the main European squares and Piazza Affari. Frankfurt and Paris remain at the levels of the day before while Milan rises pushed by Saipem who has won a new contract in Australia. Investors are optimistic about 2021 and the recovery after the volatile year that is about to end. The package of maxi-aid approved in the United States together with the anti-Covid vaccination plan now underway has given a boost to the riskiest assets.
Give him some questions about the stimuli and the vaccination plan
However, a certain element of uncertainty comes from abroad, after yesterday the Republicans in the Senate blocked the Democratic proposal to increase aid to citizens from 600 to 2,000 dollars. Even on the front lines of the pandemic, in the US. Anthony Fauci He said that infections are out of control, while strong criticism comes from the slowness of the vaccination plan and while the first case of the mutated virus is registered in Colorado. Meanwhile, in Britain, it has been approved the AstraZeneca vaccine, which instead should not have a green light from the EMA for January.
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Saipem’s starting point after a contract in Australia, weak utilities
In Piazza Affari, a shot by Saipem marking the best performance on the list after the joint venture contract with Clough in Australia for a total of $ 2.4 billion. Pharmaceuticals with Recordati and Diasorin in evidence, with the company DiaSorin Molecular has received US federal funding from the Advanced Biomedical Research and Development Authority (Barda) ‘to
Apply for 510 (k) certification of the Simplexa Covid-19 Direct molecular test and increase your production capacity. Bank in no particular order as long as utilities are queued. Male Atlantia, which loses almost one percentage point after + 2.5% the day before.
Tokyo closed slightly lower but + 16% during the year
The Tokyo Stock Exchange closed the last session of 2020 with a slight setback, but grew strongly in the year, supported by the enormous support plans of governments and central banks in the face of the pandemic. The Nikkei index closed at 27,444.17 points, a 0.45% drop from the previous day but a 16% jump for the year as a whole. The Topix index fell 0.8% to 1,804.68 points (+ 4.8% in one year). During 2020, a dizzying collapse in February-March hit the Nikkei for the first time down to -30% compared to the end of 2019; then he recovered, returning to unprecedented 30-year highs. The Tokyo Stock Exchange has caught its breath after yesterday’s high gains; Tomorrow it will be closed the rest of the week, observing the New Year’s break.
The first one (of 2021) for the BoT was good
Substantially stable performance also for the 10-year BTp (0.57%, for a spread against the German Bund at 113 basis points), after the Treasury opened the 2021 auction season in Tuesday’s session. 5 billion six-month BoT placed on Tuesday at a negative rate of 0.52%, which represents the new historical minimum in this maturity that will already be on January 4. The applications, which total more than 11 billion and 1.71 times the allocated amount, show that the subzero returns have not yet taken investors’ interest in our securities.
