European stock exchanges closed in recovery. Wall Street rebounds, Nasdaq up + 0.93%

2021-08-20T16:02:55.725Z

The good start of the American markets pushed the European stock exchanges to recover in the last part of the session. Milan closed just below par, at -0.04%. On the other hand, Frankfurt, Paris and above all London find the plus sign, rising by 4 tenths of a percentage point. Milan thus closes a clearly negative week: the overall balance sheet records a decline of over 2%. The Afghan crisis weighs heavily, but above all the words of the Federal Reserve, which in the minutes of the last monetary policy meeting opens to a possible reduction in purchases of securities already before the end of the year. The American lists, on the other hand, have recovered sharply: the Dow Jones rises by 0.54%, the Nasdaq by almost one point. Other markets more cautious Among commodities, the price of oil continues to fall,with Brent remaining just above $ 66 per barrel, more than ten less than at the last closing in July. While on the currency front, the dollar remains at the highest levels of the year, with the euro falling slightly to 1.1681.