Italy qualms contained as traders whip off shorts
The spectacle of Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi’s political suicide did little to rattle financial markets on Monday morning, with any immediate negativity in credit and equity that had not already been priced in ahead of the country’s Sunday referendum quickly eased over by shorters monetising their gains.
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