Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	12,580.70	+125.86	1.01%
S&P 500	1,332.42	+14.60	1.11%
Nasdaq	2,870.99	+33.46	1.18%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

12,580.70

+125.86

1.01%

S&P 500

1,332.42

+14.60

1.11%

Nasdaq

2,870.99

+33.46

1.18%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,160.31	+12.39	0.58%
FTSE 100	5,391.14	+34.80	0.65%
DAX	6,396.84	+73.65	1.16%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,160.31

+12.39

0.58%

FTSE 100

5,391.14

+34.80

0.65%

DAX

6,396.84

+73.65

1.16%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	8,657.08	+63.93	0.74%
TOPIX	727.03	+5.92	0.82%
Hang Seng	19,055.50	+254.47	1.35%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

8,657.08

+63.93

0.74%

TOPIX

727.03

+5.92

0.82%

Hang Seng

19,055.50

+254.47

1.35%

Confidence in Italy Returned in Financial Markets, Public Debt Chief Says

By Lorenzo Totaro - 2012-02-18T17:14:18Z

Maria Cannata, Italy’s director of public debt, said investors have regained confidence in Italy.

“The market has again confidence towards Italy, it realized the country has taken its commitments very seriously,” Cannata said at an event in Parma, Italy, today. She also said that investors from Europe, the U.S. and Asia are buying Italian government bonds.

To contact the reporter on this story: Lorenzo Totaro in Rome at ltotaro@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Simone Meier at smeier@bloomberg.net