Milan in red, all awaiting US-China signature

2020-01-13T16:55:36.771Z

Mixed closings for European stock exchanges after a weak session. Investors await "phase one" of the US-China tariff agreement - which is expected to be signed on Wednesday - and move cautiously on the Old Continent's price lists. Milan lost 0.52%, Frankfurt 0.24%, Paris 0.02%. In contrast, London earns 0.39%. At Piazza Affari, the best stock was Nexi, two points higher, while Telecom Italia and Prysmian sold around 2%. Overseas Wall Street continues positive, pending the start - tomorrow - of the quarterly season. Dow Jones at + 0.18%, Nasdaq more tonic up more than half a point. Even though geopolitical tensions have not dissolved in the Middle East, the failure of the war escalation at the moment calms the prices of safe haven assets. Gold is worth $ 1,552 an ounce. And also as regards oil, prices are falling with brent below $ 65 a barrel and American crude below 59.