(Alliance News) - On Monday, European stock markets are set to open in positive territory, as investors have largely processed and looked beyond the US military action in Venezuela over the weekend, which culminated in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro.
President Donald Trump stated that the US will "manage" the South American country until an orderly political transition is completed, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio clarified that Washington has sufficient leverage to achieve its strategic objectives without directly taking over the government in Caracas.
The Mib, which gained 1.0% to 45,374.03 points on Friday, is indicated up by 305.00 points according to IG futures.
Among the secondary indices on Friday, the Mid-Cap rose 0.2% to 58,939.23, the Small-Cap closed up 0.2% at 36,954.24, and the Italy Growth index saw purchases of 1.9% to 8,780.49 points.
Forecasts are also positive for other European markets, with the CAC 40 expected up by 60.50 points, the DAX 40 showing an increase of 110.00 points, and the FTSE 100 projected to rise by 60.00 points.
At Piazza Affari on Friday, the Mib was led by the strong performance of Fincantieri, up 5.8% at EUR17.646 per share after a 0.9% gain in the previous session.
STMicroelectronics also saw solid buying, leading the pack with a 4.3% rise to EUR23.43 per share, alongside Leonardo, which climbed 4.2% to EUR51.22 per share.
Mediobanca rose 1.0%, marking its third consecutive session in bullish territory.
At the bottom of the list was Nexi, which ended the segment down 1.7% along with Brunello Cucinelli, which fell 1.3%.
Banca Popolare di Sondrio, up 2.0%, announced the signing with Nexi of an agreement for the sale of its merchant acquiring business unit and the sale to Nexi of its minority stake currently held in Nexi Payments. The bank specified that the consideration for the transactions, respectively EUR105 million and EUR57.7 million, will be settled entirely in cash at closing.
On the Mid-Cap, Italmobiliare gained 3.7% to EUR28.35 per share, rebounding after two bearish sessions.
Technoprobe posted a 6.0% increase, following a 0.1% gain at the close of Tuesday's session.
Juventus – up 0.3% – closed a delicate chapter in its dispute with the regulatory authority. Consob has concluded the proceedings against the Turin club, several former directors and managers, and a current executive, imposing administrative fines that are overall lower than the initial allegations.
Juventus Football Club was fined EUR190,000, less than the first proposal put forward by the authority's offices.
NewPrinces, up 2.2%, completed the acquisition of 100% of Plasmon from Kraft Heinz Italia for EUR124.3 million.
OVS – down 0.4% – announced, given its interest in the operation, that the validity of its binding offer for the acquisition of 100% of Kasanova has been extended until February 4.
On the Small-Cap, Beewize had a strong day, with purchases up 14% to EUR0.3540 per share, after a 6.1% drop on Tuesday evening in the last session of the previous year.
Aeffe also performed strongly, rising 5.3%, marking its fifth consecutive bullish session.
OPS eCom announced it has sold its stakes in Giglio Shanghai Technology CO, Media 360 HK, and Salotto di Brera. The stakes were sold to Alfonso Apicella at a nominal value of EUR4,000.
The sale generated a capital loss of about EUR100,000. The stock closed flat at EUR0.12 per share.
Mare Group, up 2.2%, and Borgosesia, down 0.4%, announced that EasyGo, a search fund jointly promoted, has completed its first acquisition by purchasing EMM Systems.
The consideration for the transaction amounts to a total equity value of EUR7.5 million.
EPH – down 11% – decided, on the proposal of shareholder RONA Limited Company, to set the number of board members at five, with the board's term lasting three years.
Additionally, Roberto Culicchi was appointed as chairman, with Rodolfo Galbiati, Fabio Ramondelli, Biancamaria Zara, and Federica Capponi as board members, the latter two as independent directors.
Among SMEs, Farmacosmo advanced well, gaining 7.1% to EUR0.486 per share, its third consecutive bullish session.
Cloudia Research – down 2.8% – issued a non-convertible, unsubordinated bond loan with a nominal amount of EUR1.5 million, a 7-year duration, and a 12-month pre-amortization period.
RES – Recupero Etico Sostenibile announced that the Molise Region has granted a contribution of EUR527,000 and the University of Naples "Federico II" EUR397,000 for the investment program for the project titled "Muon Radiography for Landfill Mining."
With a total investment of EUR1.2 million, the program includes grants of EUR924,000 as non-repayable contributions for the development of research and experimental development activities. RES shares closed up 5.1% at EUR6.56 per share.
Rino Petino posted a negative performance of 7.5%.
In New York on Friday evening, the Dow Jones gained 0.7%, the Nasdaq fell fractionally, while the S&P500 rose 0.2%.
In Asia, the Nikkei gained nearly 3%, the Shanghai Composite rose 1.4%, while the Hang Seng hovered just above parity.
On the currency front, the euro is trading at USD1.1689 from USD1.1745 at Friday's close in European equities, while the pound is at USD1.3429 from USD1.3491 on Friday evening.
Among commodities, Brent is trading at USD60.38 a barrel from USD60.10 a barrel at Friday's close in European equities, while gold stands at USD4,419.98 an ounce from USD4,320.12 an ounce on Friday evening.
On Monday's economic calendar, at 0900 CET, Spain's unemployment rate will be released, while at 1000 CET, Germany's consumer price data is expected.
At 1030 CET, the Sentix consumer confidence index for the Eurozone will be published, while at 1200 CET, US construction sector data will be released.
The US manufacturing analysis is scheduled for 1600 CET, and at 1800 CET, new car registration data will be published in France.
No significant announcements are expected at Piazza Affari.
By Maurizio Carta, Alliance News Reporter
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