Creval flies after the takeover bid of Credit Agricole. AstraZeneca down after vaccine data

2020-11-23T08:31:49.067Z

Today in Piazza Affari, eyes on the banking sector. Because this morning Crédit Agricole Italia launched a takeover bid, a voluntary takeover bid for 100% of the shares of Creval, the Valtellinese credit, which has 355 branches, of which 158 in Lombardy and 94 in Sicily. The price offered is 10 euros and 50 cents per share, 21.4% more than the last price. At the opening, the Creval stock immediately aligned itself, rising by 21.33%, and the stock was suspended due to excess rise. At the opening share prices with the plus sign, in Europe as well as in Asia in the night. For the Ftse Mib + 0.87%, after + 3.84% last week. The progress of the month of November exceeds 22%. The other European markets were also positive: London + 0.33%, Frankfurt + 0.6%, Paris + 0.77%, as were the futures that anticipate the opening of the New York stock exchange. Investors are given optimism by the words of the head of the US coronavirus vaccination program, Moncef Slaoui, that the first doses of the vaccine in the United States could be distributed 24 hours after approval by the pharmaceutical authorities, perhaps already there. '11 or 12 December. On the subject of vaccines, the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca have announced that their vaccine is 70.4% effective. Less than what Pfizer and Moderna declared in recent days but it is an easier vaccine to keep. Astrazeneca's stock on the London Stock Exchange is now -1.42%. Among the stocks in Piazza Affari, higher rises for Saipem (+ 3.7%) and Bper Banca (+ 3.4%), in the latter case due to the rumors about a possible merger with Banco Bpm. Greater discounts for Recordati (-1.10%) and Terna (-3.09%). Atlantia was also in evidence (+ 2.63%). The Benetton family has announced the change of the president of Edizione Holding. Gianni Mion will be replaced by Enrico Laghi, former Alitalia commissioner