The British variant of the virus causes European exchanges to skid

2020-12-21T12:15:36.759Z

European stock exchanges are suffering at the start of the week leading up to Christmas due to the Covid-19 variant discovered in Great Britain. Milan lost 2.72%, in line with Paris and Frankfurt, while London was doing slightly better than the others with a decrease of 2.25%. On the Piazza Affari list, the stocks with the greatest decreases are linked to oil. Maglia Nera is Saipem down by 4.52%. The Covid effect drives crude oil down. North Sea Brent is just under $ 50 a barrel. Uncertainty, on the other hand, rewards gold, a safe haven asset, which in the morning reappeared above the threshold of $ 1,900 per ounce and then fell back to 1,877.