The early gains registered on
the Milan stock exchange were reversed on Tuesday after
statistics agency ISTAT released data suggesting Italian
economic growth was flat in the third quarter.
The bourse's FTSE Mib index shed 0.9%.
The spread between Italy's 10-year BTP bond and the German
Bund, meanwhile, climbed to 300 basis points after closing on
296 on Monday.
The yield on the BTP was 3.38%.
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