The Milan stock exchange's FTSE
Mib index was up 2.9% with three hours to go to the end of
trading on Thursday, the day Britain votes on whether to remain
in the European Union.
The prospect of a Brexit has caused turbulence on the
international markets in recent weeks.
But European markets appeared hopeful the Remain vote
will prevail on Thursday, with Paris up 2.32%, Frankfurt up
2.29% and London up 1.45%.
Italy bank stocks did especially well, with BPM up 6.48%),
UBI up 5.94%, Banco Popolare up 5.76% and UniCredit gaining
4.65%.
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