(Alliance News) - On Monday, European stock markets -- according to the futures market -- are projected to open lower, continuing in the wake of the previous session's declines.

Stronger-than-expected U.S. employment data prompted traders to lower expectations for further interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve this year, putting downward pressure on global equities.

Instead, the U.S. jobs report triggered a rise in global bond yields, with yields on Eurozone and U.K. government bonds reaching their highest levels in months.

The FTSE Mib-after closing Friday in the red by 0.6 percent to 34,090.23-is posting a loss of 147.50 points.

In Europe, London's FTSE 100 is surrendering 22.90 points, Paris' CAC 40 is giving up 27.70 points, and Frankfurt's DAX 40 is shedding 80.00 points.

Among the smaller lists Friday night, the Mid-Cap fell 1.1 percent to 47,235.86, the Small-Cap finished down 0.7 percent to 28,344.69, and Italy Growth gave up 0.1 percent to 7,983.72.

On the highest-capitalization list in Piazza Affari, Leonardo closed doing best of all, rising 1.4 percent, updating its 52-week high during the session to EUR28.00.

Rounding out the podium were Banco BPM and Banca Popolare di Sondrio, each in the green by 0.7 percent.

Prysmian finished in the red by 0.8 percent. The company's dual listing in New York is imminent, as Milano Finanza wrote Friday. CEO Massimo Battaini confirmed that the group is considering a dual listing in the U.S., with the decision expected on Capital Market Day in March. The CEO also pointed out that Trump's return to the White House could favor Prysmian, which generates 35 percent of revenues in the US.

Stellantis -- in the red by 1.2 percent -- could target an experienced profile to lead the group after Carlos Tavares' departure, as Il Corriere della Sera writes Friday. Among the candidates is Mike Manley, former CEO of Fiat Chrysler and promoter of the relaunch of Jeep.

UniCredit -- in the red by 1.3 percent -- on Friday announced plans to internalize back office operations related to securities custody in Italy and Germany, standardizing the set-up and suppliers, in a move that will create more than 200 new job opportunities.

Campari fell back 4.8 percent after eve's gains.

Iveco Group was at the bottom of the list, retreating 7.0%, after four bullish sessions, with more than 6 million changed hands.

On the Mid-Cap, d'Amico advanced 4.8 percent, after the 1.8 percent negative balance with which it closed Thursday evening.

Among the few bullish players on the list, Ferretti finished in the green by 1.4 percent, and Cembre advanced 1.1 percent.

Mondadori - in the red by 0.2 percent - announced that it had finalized, through its subsidiary Mondadori Libri, the acquisition of an additional 25 percent stake in ALI - Agenzia Libraria International, a company active in book distribution.

Anima Holding - down 0.2 percent - reported Friday that December net inflows amounted to EUR111 million, bringing the 2024 total to EUR775 million.

Open-end funds posted a positive EUR310 million for the month and a negative EUR445 million for the year. Ex-Ramo I individual asset management saw a negative December of EUR199 million and a positive year of EUR1.22 billion.

Banca Generali -- down 0.4 percent -- reported Thursday that it recorded net inflows of EUR980 million in December, up 18 percent, making it "the best close of the year," the company points out. For the full year, total cumulative inflows amounted to EUR6.6 billion, up 14 percent year-on-year, exceeding the guidance of EUR6.5 billion.

Iren--down 2.5 percent--reported Friday that it had finalized the acquisition of control of Egea Holding, bringing its stake to 52.8 percent of the share capital.

On the Small-Cap, Digital Bros advanced well, up 12 percent, rebounding after three bearish sessions.

Bestbe Holding finished up 9.7 percent. On Thursday, the stock had climbed double digits after the company announced that 84,706 new shares with the same characteristics and rights as the shares already outstanding were issued to bondholder Tenet Securities Ltd, resulting from the conversion of a total of 10 convertible bonds.

BasicNet--green by 1.3 percent--reported Thursday that the Kappa brand and football club AS Monaco have unveiled an exclusive uniform developed in collaboration with Parisian haute couture brand KOCHÉ.

Olidata fell 2.2 percent, after two sessions ended with bullish candles. The stock - as reported by Borsa Italiana - has been missing the ex-dividend since 2004.

It collapsed EPH, in the red by 30%, marking a new all-time low at EUR0.0501. The stock has lost 83 percent in the past 30 days.

Among SMEs, Haiki+ takes the top spot in the segment on its stock market debut, up more than 21% with a price of EUR0.96 per share, after its spin-off from Innovatec, which sits on the other side of the list, 16% in the red.

Giglio.com - up 9.6 percent - announced the launch of a new line of business aimed at synergistically connecting its ecosystem of partners. Thus, it launched the Community Shopping project: a catalog of fashion apparel and accessories is made available to affiliated multi-brand stores, thanks to which, each partner will be able to serve the clientele of its physical boutique by drawing, in real time, from this digital catalog that has nearly 100,000 references per season.

Double-digit rises also for Siav, plus 21 percent, Aton Green Storage, up 16 percent, and Frendy Energy, up 12 percent-

Next Geosolutions Europe - up 1.5 percent - announced Friday the award of a contract with TenneT TSO totaling EUR27 million.

Mare Group - up 0.1 percent - on Thursday announced that it had achieved total funding of EUR23.5 million, consisting of EUR15.5 million in equity, subscribed in the recent ABB deal, and EUR8 million in new financing, resulting from contracts signed with Cassa Depositi e Prestiti for EUR5 million and with BPER Banca Spa for EUR3 million.

Growens--flat at EUR5.44 per share--on Friday reported fourth-quarter data on CPaaS business line sales and SaaS business line Annual Recurring Revenues to December 2024.

The figures, which are unaudited, show, for the SaaS business line, an ARR of EUR15.1 million as of December 2024, up 31 percent from the same period 2023 figure.

Sales prevailed for AATech, down 8.8 percent, and EdgeLab, down 7.9 percent.

In New York on Friday evening, the Dow closed down 0.6 percent, the Nasdaq gave up 1.6 percent, and the S&P 500 left 1.5 percent on the parterre.

Among Asian exchanges, the Tokyo Stock Exchange remained closed for the Elders Day, the Hang Seng is giving up 1.1 percent, while the Shanghai Composite is posting a 0.3 percent loss.

Among currencies, the euro changes hands at USD1.0220 versus USD1.0228 at Friday's European equity close. In contrast, the pound is worth USD1.2153 from USD1.2195 on Friday evening.

Among commodities, Brent crude is worth USD81.07 per barrel from USD75.70 per barrel at Friday's European stock close. Gold trades at USD2,689.20 an ounce from USD2,720.61 an ounce Friday night.

Monday's macroeconomic calendar includes, at 1700 CET from the US, the release of consumer inflation expectations.

The day closes at 2000 CET, also from the U.S., with the federal budget balance.

Among the companies in Piazza Affari, the results of Brunello Cucinelli, CleanBnB, LU-VE and Piquadro are expected.

By Maurizio Carta, Alliance News reporter

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