closing down for the European stock exchanges, still intimidated by the performance of the
yields on US Treasuries, which have been above 3% since yesterday, as did not happen since the beginning of 2014. Moreover, overseas investors are starting to face a new increase in interest rates that the Fed could announce to beginning of May. The international situation also remains under the lens, while the debate on a new nuclear agreement, urged yesterday by France and the United States, has come back. "The existing agreement on Iranian nuclear power is" without alternatives "», however, today the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, replied.
Euro down below $ 1.22. Weak oil after US stocks
On the foreign exchange front, the euro has broken down the $ 1.22 threshold. Oil is down slightly, though remaining at high levels: the wti, contracted for delivery in June, is worth $ 67.53 per barrel, down by 0.25%. He turned bearish after the spread of the weekly US stocks, which grew unexpectedly for crude oil and gasoline; the distillate stocks instead fell more than expected.