The week of Piazza Affari starts positively

After an uncertain first part, the increases recorded by pharmaceutical companies and utilities allowed Piazza Affari to close the first session of the week with a plus sign. With operators focused on news coming from the health front and waiting for the start of the US quarterly season, our Ftse MIb stopped at 25,283.2 points, + 0.92% compared to the previous figure. The blue chip basket was driven by purchases from pharmaceutical companies (+ 4.78% for Recordati and + 0.87% for DiaSorin) and public utility companies (+ 1.76% for Snam, +2.37 % for Hera, + 1.4% for Terna, + 1.74% for Enel). After the thud of more than 6 percentage points triggered on Friday by the news that the Biden administration has said it wants to protect those sectors (with particular reference to the hearing aid sector) in which there is excessive speculation in terms of price, Amplifon closed with a + 2.71%. The company announced the acquisition of the Australian Bay-Audio for a cash-out of 340 million euros. In the first part, the banking sector progressively reduced its losses by closing in no particular order: Banco BPM fell by 0.15%, UniCredit lost 0.3%, BPER Banca rose by 0.45% and Intesa Sanpaolo by 0.94%. On the first day of the capital increase, OVS recorded a -0.63% .. Minus sign for the spread, which fell by 2.4% to 108 basis points. (in collaboration with money.it).