At about 9:35 in Lisbon, the PSI 20, which now includes only 17 companies, was down 0.48% to 4927.83 points, with 14 ‘roles’ to desvalorizarem- if two unchanged and only one to rise (Altri), after declining to 11 February to 4460.63 points, a minimum since July 2012.
the ‘roles’ EDP led losses , with falling 3.19% to 2.788 euros.
in addition to the EDP, Semapa and BCP were others of more were to fall, namely 1.25% to 11.09 euros and 0, 77% to 0.0385 euros.
in Europe, the main markets were now low, pending the meeting of the European Central Bank Governors (ECB) on Thursday, which investors expect the adoption of new monetary stimulus.
in New York, Wall Street ended higher on Friday, with the Dow Jones up 0.37% to 17,006.77 points, after rising the 19 last May up to 18312.39 points, the maximum current ever since it was created.
in foreign exchanges, the euro today opened low at Frankfurt foreign exchange market, to quote, to $ 1.0994, from $ 1.1004 on Friday.
European stocks were down despite the oil price rise and, in Asia, the Shanghai stock exchange, the main indicator Chinese markets have ended today up 0.81%, unlike the Tokyo stock exchange, where the Nikkei ended with a loss of 0.61%.
After the President of the ECB, Mario Draghi, have said on Wednesday that the Board of Governors will review and reconsider the current monetary stimulus at the next meeting of March 10, investors also await the new macroeconomic projections of growth ECB and inflation for the euro area, including 2018.
Draghi also considered that this review of monetary policy occurs in a context where uncertainty about the evolution of emerging countries, along with volatility in financial markets and raw materials, increase the risks of global growth .
the ECB president reiterated that the ECB is willing to use all the instruments available under the monetary policy to boost prices.
predict markets that the ECB cut next week further deposit interest rate, currently at -0.30%, but do not know how to increase the debt purchase volume or adopt other measures.
Brent oil barrel to April delivery, opened for high today, the quote to $ 39.31 on the Intercontinental Exchange Futures (ICE) in London, 2.8% more than at the close of the previous session.
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