Biden plan and Japanese data support the European lists

2021-04-01T08:06:14.391Z

US President Joe Biden's $ 2 billion plan continues to bolster markets, while more important US data is on the way today. Europe thus started to rise thanks also to business confidence in Japan which returned to pre-covid levels and to the purchasing managers' index at the highest levels since 2018. Milan marks modest progress (+ 0.12%), but remains first of the class since the beginning of the year with a + 11%. Paris is also flat while London and Frankfurt are growing by a few tenths of a percentage point. Oil-related stocks such as Saipem (+ 1.55%) in the spotlight on the Piazza Affari list on the day when the organization of producing countries meets. Among the currencies, the Dollar's strength continues, pushing the Euro to 1.1739, close to the lows of last November.