Ftse Eb slightly moved, STM in evidence

The first week of Piazza Affari ends with a minus sign. After an initial positive part, the indications arrived from the US labor market (+199 thousand for non-farm payrolls, less than half compared to expectations, and the unemployment rate down from 4.2 to 3.9%) and the consequent opening in the red of Wall Street favored caution among traders. On the main basket in Milan, the Ftse Mib stopped at 27,618.47 points (-0.14%), the rise of STMicroelectronics stands out (+ 3.65%) thanks to the best-than-expected indications from fourth quarter revenues 11.2% sequentially to 3.56 billion. The previous forecast for net revenues for the fourth quarter of 2021 was 3.4 billion dollars (+6.3%). In the banking sector, a plus sign for Banco Bpm (+ 2.39%), Intesa Sanpaolo (+0, 76%) and UniCredit (+ 0.69%) while Bper Banca finished in perfect parity. Double-digit increase for Banca Carige (+ 10.81%) after the Interbank Deposit Protection Fund (Fitd) announced, in relation to the rumors relating to offers for the share in the Ligurian institute, to have “received preliminary and non-binding offers (in addition to that of Bper, we also speak of Credit Agricole and the Cerberus fund, ed), subordinated, among others, to carry out verification and due diligence activities and which contemplate the granting of exclusive rights “. This preliminary activity, “at an advanced stage and will be completed in a short time, probably on Monday at the meeting of the Management Committee of the Fund.” The three worst performances of the Ftse Mib were recorded by Nexi (-3.07% ), Campari (-2.86%) and Moncler (-2.48%). Thanks to an increase of one percentage point, the spread has risen to 140 basis points. (In collaboration with money.it)