European stock markets down sharply. The FTSE MIB closed at -2.60%, FTSE Italy All-Share at -2.56%, FTSE Italy Mid Cap -2.37%, FTSE Italy Star -2.75%. Sales abundant stock markets: China uncertainties, likely early elections in Greece, emerging currencies collapse.
In Athens, the Athex Composite index ended at -3.52% . According to the Greek state television ERT, today the Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras could announce early elections in September.
Euro recovery in the dollar: EUR / USD at the close of European stock markets swings in area 1.1190 after peaking from late June to 1.1221. The minutes of the last FOMC meeting, the operating arm of the Fed, showed that still have not been reached (but close) the conditions for a rise in interest rates.
Bond markets in Europe rise: yield of ten-year BTP is stable 1.83%, while the ten-year Bund yields as many as 8 bp to 0.58%. The spread salt of 8 bp to 124. Last night the ESM approved (after the ok of the German Bundestag) the plan of aid to Greece by € 86 billion over three years and the first tranche of 26 billion. The ESM has also given the go ahead to the immediate provision of funds to Athens to 13 billion euro.
As for the macroeconomic data published during the day to point out that in the US the Federal Reserve Philadelphia announced that its Index, which tracks the performance of the attivita ‘manufacturing from the Philadelphia, and’ certificate in August to 8.3 points from 5.7 points in July and turning out higher than expectations of analysts who expected an index value of 7 points. In the US July existing home sales in July totaled 5.59 million units (annualized), above the 5.44 million expected and 5.48 million (revised from 5.49) in June. In the US, new applications for unemployment benefits in the week ending August 14 totaled 277,000 units, higher than both the figure reported the previous week (273,000 units) that analysts’ expectations equal to 272,000. The Conference Board reported that, in July, the Forerunner Index (Leading Indicator), which measures the performance of the attivita ‘US business in the next 6-12 months, decreased 0.2% on a monthly basis, disappointing economists’ expectations of a fixed increase of 0.2% and a decrease compared to the previous year (+ 0.6%). In Britain, the ONS announced that the seasonally adjusted volume of retail sales in July showed an increase of 0.1% on a monthly basis, less than expected (equal to an index of 0.4%) but above previous survey (revised from -0.1% -0.2%). On an annual basis sales were up 4.2% lower than the consensus (+ 4.4%).
Very weak industrialists with Prysmian (-4, 60%), Finmeccanica (-4.12%) and Buzzi Unicem (-3.81%), the latter weighted by the unfavorable trend of the currency market: the dollar and especially the ruble are depreciating consistently, a fact that negatively impacts on the accounts of the group of Casale Monferrato which the US and Russia in two important markets.
luxury sector still under pressure : now the title has been most penalized Geox (-7, 25% to EUR 3.40), which completes the bearish head and shoulders formation in late July. The title overwhelms even the first static support at 3.4820, the low of 28.7, an operation that unlocks the potential of the negative pattern with consecutive goals at 3.25 / 3.30.
Sales Mediaset (-3.44% to 4.26 euro) that underperformed the index EURO STOXX Media (approximately -2.1%). The title returns to lose ground after the lateral movement of the last sessions and falls well below the support area of 4.35 euro, reactivating the bearish move started earlier this month to at least 4.15, with the next target on the fundamental support represented by minimum of June to 4.02.
red Atlantia (-3.38%): according to analysts at Mediobanca the hypothesis of the acquisition of London City Airport is a good opportunities to reinvest the proceeds from the sale of a stake in ADR, but also a risk in the event that the price paid for the stopover in London would be too high.
In sharp contrast Sorin (+ 6.15%) after the decision in its favor of the civil division of the Court of Milan on the action of opposition of creditors filed by the lawyer of the State of Milan to stop the proposed business combination between Sorin and Cyberonics. Sorin also announced that the SEC has given the go ahead to Cyberonics for the convening of the extraordinary call to approve the merger between the two companies: the meeting will be held on September 22 next. The two companies expect that the merger be perfected in the fourth quarter.
(Simone Ferradini)
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