(Alliance News) - The Mib is losing ground, falling below 43,000 on Tuesday, extending its negative streak to four sessions and hitting its lowest level in over a week. The index reflected the risk-off sentiment sweeping global stock markets, fueled by concerns about high valuations in the tech sector.

On the Milan Stock Exchange, 26% of stocks are down, 6% are up, 3% are unchanged, while 65% of the total are not trading. Trading volume is around EUR1.0 billion.

Thus, the FTSE Mib continues to fall by 1.7% to 42,973 points, with a put/call ratio of 2.58.

In Europe, London's FTSE 100 is down 1.1%, Paris' CAC 40 is down 1.2%, and Frankfurt's DAX is down 1.3%.

Among the smaller indices, the Mid-Cap fell 1.0% to 56,836.45, the Small-Cap fell 0.4% to 34,793.16, and the Italia Growth fell 0.4% to 8,400.20 points.

On the Mib, Hera is up 0.6% to EUR4.09, following a 1.8% gain the previous day.

Lottomatica is down 1.2% to EUR19.99 per share, in its fourth session of decline.

A2A, down 1.2%, announced that it had successfully completed the placement of its second European Green Bond. The issue, with a nominal value of EUR 500 million, received requests equal to approximately 2.4 times the amount offered, confirming strong investor interest.

STMicroelectronics - down 2.5% - announced on Monday that it had purchased 459,424 of its own ordinary shares between November 10 and 14, for a total value of EUR 9.4 million.

UniCredit - down 1.7% - announced on Monday that it had purchased 1.7 million of its own ordinary shares between November 10 and 14. The shares were purchased at an average price of EUR 66.1178 per share, for a total value of EUR 110.6 million.

On the secondary segment, El.En. was among the few gainers, advancing 2.2% in its third session of gains.

Rai Way also had a good session, rising 0.9% to EUR5.44, following yesterday evening's 0.2% gain.

Salvatore Ferragamo fell 3.3% to EUR 7.25 per share, following yesterday's 2.2% decline.

doValue fell 0.8%, following last night's 2.5% loss.

In the small cap sector, Caleffi is up 2.4% to EUR0.86 per share, following yesterday's 0.2% gain.

Somec fell 2.3%, after losing 4.5% in the previous session.

PLC fell 3.9%, after a 6.7% loss in the previous session.

The board of EuroGroup Laminations, down 1.5%, approved the accounts for the first nine months, which closed with a net profit of EUR 2.6 million, a sharp slowdown compared to the EUR 21.6 million recorded in 2024 in the same period. The group reported revenues of EUR 614.1 million, down 5.4% compared to EUR 649.1 million in the first nine months of 2024.

Among SMEs, Casta Diva advanced 1.1%, its third bullish session if confirmed at closing.

Circle - up 2.6% - announced on Monday that its nine-month production value rose 80% year-on-year to EUR 18.2 million from EUR 10.1 million in the same period last year. Revenues from Proprietary Software products rose to EUR 6.2 million from EUR 2.7 million, and those from Milos Federative Services rose to EUR 2 million from EUR 800,000.

Omer - down 2.3% - announced on Monday that it had closed the nine months with revenues of EUR 68.9 million, up 18% from EUR 58.4 million in the same period last year. The backlog as of September 30 was EUR 163 million, down from EUR 164 million as of December 31, 2024, while the soft backlog fell to EUR 160 million from EUR 228 million at the end of last year due to conversions to backlog recorded during the year.

Cofle fell 2.0%, after a 2.8% drop the previous day, with a price in the EUR3.30 range.

In New York, the Dow fell 1.2%, the Nasdaq 0.8%, and the S&P 500 0.9%.

On the currency front, the euro traded at USD 1.1582 from USD 1.1596 at Monday evening's stock market close, while the pound traded at USD 1.3146 from USD 1.3169 on Monday evening.

Among commodities, Brent crude traded at USD 64.17 per barrel, down from USD 64.30 per barrel at Monday evening's close, while gold traded at USD 4,049.44 per ounce, down from USD 4,060.09 per ounce on Monday evening.

On Tuesday's economic calendar, at 1300 CET, data on foreign direct investment in October will be released in China.

Overseas, at 1430 CET, import and export prices will be released in the US, while at 1515 CET, annual industrial production data will be released.

By Maurizio Carta, Alliance News reporter

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