Stock Market Report: ING Front at Lower Damrak Financial

The AEX index was down 0.3% at 508.3 points around 10:15 am, after a next start. The Midkap was down 0.6% at the same time (665 points).

The main indices of the Paris, London and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges were down 0.4% to their unchanged level.

Wall Street progressed yesterday. The Dow-Jones index finished up 0.6%, the Nasdaq technology stock market gained 1%. The futures on the index indicate a higher opening of 0.2% for the Dow today.

Investors lean Thursday on the developments surrounding the Brexit and Italian budget projects. The European Central Bank (ECB) will also come later with an interest rate decision. It was also known that China had arrested two Canadians. This is probably related to the arrest in Canada of a Huawei's supreme wife at the request of the United States, which has resulted in a escalating threat of the commercial feud.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has survived the censorship vote of her own conservative party, but the result does not mean the end of the "brexitchaos"

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has proposed in Brussels to reduce the deficit his country's budget for 2019 to 2.04% of gross domestic product. In a draft budget, the budget deficit was 2.4%.

ING was heading to Damrak's main fund, with a 1.4% advantage. The insurer NN rose 0.8% in anticipation of the ECB decision on setting the interest rate

At the bottom of the AEX index Shell (-0.7%), Philips (-1%) and ASML (-1.5%).

Brent oil was slightly higher, with a more than 0.4% at $ 60.36.

Trustbedrijf Intertrust posted a profit of 0.6% at the top of the Midkap

PostNL decreased by 0.9%. The courier and parcel delivery company takes the FNV union to court.

Sif announced that she had received an order from Dredging International for the production of equipment for the offshore wind farm. SeaMade. The foundation specialist gave no financial details. The share has increased by 3.5%.