The slightly progressing opening of Wall Street (Dow Jones + 0.46% and Nasdaq + 0.18%) confirmed the positive trend of the European markets.

Milan and London are appreciated by half a point.

Frankfurt and Paris travel just above par with investors awaiting the decisions that the Federal Reserve will announce later in the evening.

Meanwhile, the unrest of the Ukrainian situation, after Putin's speech, spills over to the raw materials market, where both natural gas and oil are increasing, while the euro is weakening on the foreign exchange market.

In summary, at 3:30 pm:

FTse Mib + 0.49%

Natural gas price 210 euros / kilowatt hour (+ 8%)

Brent crude oil price 93 dollars a barrel

Euro dollar exchange rate 0.9910

Ten-year BTP yield 4.15%