Piazza Affari closes weakly, the fall of Saipem does not stop

Swinging session for European stock exchanges in general and for Piazza Affari in particular which, after a negative start and a recovery at the halfway point, ended the day below par. Support for the Ftse Mib, which closed at 21,682.52 points (-0.49%), came from the public utility sector: Terna finished up 3.45%, Hera scored a +2 , 09%, A2A + 1.57% and Enel + 1.33%. The two best performances on the blue chip basket were recorded by Amplifon and Diasorin, up respectively by 7.93 and 5.87 percent. share capital increase, even today Saipem shares (-8.07%) achieved the worst performance in the main market. Monte dei Paschi di Siena shares (2.99%) were also in the red following the presentation of the new plan. The company said the proceeds from the € 2.5 billion capital increase will be used to finance the new strategic plan. Among the major institutions, Bper Banca fell by 4.81%, UniCredit by 3.95% and Banco Bpm by 2.93%. In the sector of government bonds, the BTP-Bund spread did not register significant changes, confirming itself at 193 basis points. On the fourth and last day dedicated to institutional investors, the Italian BTP raised € 2.18 billion. Adding them to the 7.24 billion euros raised among the retail public, the total issued amounted to 9.4 billion euros. (In collaboration with Money.it)