The week of Piazza Affari begins with the plus sign

Despite the tensions coming from Asia, where the Chinese authorities have launched a new squeeze on the hi-tech big names and the North Korean army has restarted missile exercises, the week of Piazza Affari began with the plus sign. On the basket of blue chips, which ended with an increase of 0.93% to 25,925.73 points, the performance of stocks in the energy sector stand out (Saipem scored + 3.92%, Tenaris + 3.44% and Eni + 2.48%) favored by the new positive session of crude oil which, in correspondence with the stop on trading in Europe, rises by half a percentage point to 73.3 dollars. A positive octave also started for the combination Banca Generali – Assicurazioni Generali, up by +2.67 and 1.26 per cent respectively. The news of the day is represented by the consultation agreement between Leonardo Del Vecchio and Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone in view of the renewal of the Board of Directors of the Lion of Trieste. Among bankers there was a positive session for Intesa Sanpaolo (+ 2.02%), Banco BPM (+ 1.59%) and Unicredit (+ 1.3%) while among the worst performances we find the trio formed by Diasorin (-4.61 %), Amplifon (-4.19%) and Recordati (-0.64%). On the complete, Safilo + 8.14%, which rose to multi-year highs after the agreement for the design, production and distribution of the first eyewear collection under the Chiara Ferragni brand and + 5.36% of Retelit, on which Asterion, through Marbles raised the takeover bid. (in collaboration with money.it).