The Milan bourse's FTSE Mib index
shed 1.44% in early trading on Friday as the crisis concerning
the sharp drop in the value of the Turkish lira hit European
stocks.
The euro exchange rate with the dollar, meanwhile, dropped to
1.1432, the lowest level since July 2017, before regaining some
ground and rising to 1.1454.
The spread between Italy's 10-year BTP bond and the German
Bund climbed to 260 basis points before falling back to 257,
with the yield on the BTP at 2.9%.
The BTP closed at 252 points on Thursday.
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