(Alliance News) - On Monday, major European stock markets are expected to be in negative territory on a quiet morning on the macroeconomic front.

Thus, IG futures give the FTSE Mib in the red by 0.1 percent or down 32.5 points, after closing up 0.1 percent at 30,440.95.

Paris' CAC 40 is expected down 0.1 percent or down 4.6 points, Frankfurt's DAX 40 is given fractional red or down 6.0 points, and London's FTSE 100 is expected down 24.0 points or down 0.3 percent.

In macroeconomic news, Germany's trade surplus widened to EUR20.4 billion in November, exceeding market expectations of EUR17.9 billion and increasing from a slightly revised EUR17.7 billion in the previous month.

This was the largest trade surplus since January 2021, as exports grew more than imports.

Among the smaller Milanese lists on Friday, the Mid-Cap gave up 0.3 percent to 43,760.91, the Small-Cap lost 0.3 percent to 27,853.94, and Italy Growth finished down 0.1 percent to 8,294.55.

On the bluechip list on Friday, boost on Banco BPM, which led the bar up 1.7%, closing for the fifth session in a row with a bullish candle.

Boost on Saipem, which closed ahead 2.0% at EUR1.56, benefiting from higher barrel prices. On the stock, Marshall Wace trimmed its short position to 1.61% from 1.56%, while Voleon Capital Management trimmed it to 0.65% from 0.74% previously.

High quarters also for BPER Bank, which brought home a green of 2.0 percent. On the stock it is mentioned that Balyasny Asset Management holds a short position at 0.51%.

On a bearish note, Recordati gave up 1.4% as it continues steadily in its buyback program. Most recently, it reported on Thursday that - in the week of Dec. 27 to Jan. 2 - it bought back its own ordinary shares worth about EUR606,000.

FinecoBank, on the other hand, gave up 1.1 percent after the 2.4 percent bullish candle with which it closed the previous session.

On the Mid-Cap, Ariston Holding advanced 4.9 percent to EUR6.38 per share, following up eve's green with 1.8 percent.

Industrie de Nora, on the other hand, advanced 2.6 percent, following Thursday evening's 0.1 percent gain.

Banca Ifis led the price up 1.3% to EUR16.02 following the 0.6% green on the eve.

Technoprobe advanced 1.4% on the heels of the eve's green close of 0.8%.

Saras, on the other hand, gave up 6.2 percent after eve's 1.6 percent green.

Among small-cap companies, Alkemy closed up 5.0% after two bearish sessions.

Aeroporto Guglielmo Marconi Di Bologna rose 0.2 percent after making it known that it definitely surpassed pre-pandemic traffic levels in 2023 and recorded the best year in its history, reaching close to 10 million passengers. In detail, the airport recorded nearly 10 million passengers, representing a growth of 17 percent over 2022 and 6.0 percent over 2019. After a still "lukewarm" start to the year, with numbers up on 2022 but still lower than the same period in 2019, the first reversal of the trend has been recorded since May, with the progressive passenger figure in the positive field by 0.5 percent even compared to the last year without Covid.

Fidia left 5.2 percent on the parterre, continuing its long bearish streak.

Also among the bearish - numerous in the list - Somec closed with a bearish candle of 4.2%, after Thursday's timid gain of 0.4%.

Among Milan-listed SMEs, Finanza.tech closed up more than 14 percent, after falling 0.5 percent in the previous session with price at EUR0.8860.

Energy advanced 7.5 percent to EUR2.30 per share, following up the double-digit gain seen in the eve.

eVISO advanced 5.5 percent with new price at EUR3.08 per share, following 3.6 percent green on eve.

Vantea SMART rose 2.1 percent after announcing Friday that it has been eligible for Abruzzo regional funding for the WTTM project. The company will receive a grant of EUR560,000 for a project whose total amount is EUR800,000. The WTTM - Welcome To The Machine project involves the design and testing of a cybersecurity framework to be applied to companies operating in the automotive world.

At the back of the pack, FAE Technology picked up 2.7 percent, rearing its head again after two sessions among the bearish.

Gismondi 1754 gave up 7.0% to EUR4.52 per share, in its third session in a row on the bearish side.

In Asia, the Nikkei does not trade on Senior Citizens Day while, the Hang Seng is in the red 2.1% to 16,195.04 and the Shanghai Composite gives up 1.4% to 2,887.54.

In New York on Friday, the Dow Jones closed in the green 0.1 percent to 37,466.11, the S&P finished up 0.2 percent to 4,697.24, and the Nasdaq closed in the green 0.1 percent to 14,524.07.

Among currencies, the euro changed hands at USD1.0951 against USD1.0968 recorded in Friday's European equities close while the pound was worth USD1.2717 from USD1.2741 on Friday evening.

Brent crude is worth USD77.78 per barrel versus USD78.88 per barrel at Friday's close. Gold, meanwhile, trades at USD2,038.25 an ounce from USD2,049.11 an ounce on Friday night.

On Monday's macroeconomic calendar, the Sentix index of Eurozone investor confidence will be released at 1030 CET.

Half an hour later it is the turn of Eurozone consumer confidence. Also from the single currency area, at 1100 CET the retail sales figure will be released along with the unemployment rate.

In the afternoon, from the States, an auction of three- and six-month Treasury bonds is scheduled at 1730 CET.

Among the companies listed in Piazza Affari, the results of Brunello Cucinelli and CleanBnB will come in.

By Claudia Cavaliere, Alliance News reporter

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