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by Fabrizio Patti 20 February 2020Caute the European stock exchanges today, after yesterday's positive day. In Milan the main index, the Ftse Mib, marks -0.63%, London around parity, the main indices of Paris and Frankfurt negative within two tenths of a point.
Milan settles after three consecutive sessions on the rise. Futures on Wall Street indices today also anticipate a drop after the record hit yesterday by the S&P 500 and Nasdaq.
A climate that also discounts uncertainty about the impact of the coronavirus. The Shanghai stock market rose 1.83% after reports of a decrease in infections in Hubei province. While the increase in cases in South Korea weighed on Seoul (-0.67%).
In this climate, gold remains at high levels, the highest in the past 7 years. Today it's worth $ 1,614 an ounce.

Then the banking theme. Today -0.46% for Ubi bank, a security that has risen by 30 percent in the last week. Bper Banca, on the other hand, rose (1.87%) after the drops in recent days.
Today the Ubi reference shareholder committee met at 10 in Bergamo, who will begin to evaluate the Intesa offer for the purchase of Ubi. Carlo Messina, Intesa's number one, made clear in the morning that there will be no rise in the exchange offer.
Among other stocks, a sharp drop for Atlantia (-3.53%): the Republic wrote that the group refused a global revision of the concessions proposed by the government.
Fibrillations in the government do not affect the spread between BTP and Bund today, at 134 basis points.