Italy Stock Market Week Ahead: FTSE MIB Outlook for Dec 15–19, 2025 as Banks, Budget Politics and the ECB Take Center Stage
Updated: Sunday, December 14, 2025 (Piazza Affari / Borsa Italiana) Italian equities head into the new week with momentum in one hand and macro uncertainty in the other. The FTSE MIB spent much of the Dec. 8–12 trading week oscillating between “rate-cut relief” and “risk-off reality,” ending broadly steady on a weekly basis even as intraday swings remained sharp. One major takeaway: in Milan, bank leadership still matters most—especially when the interest-rate narrative shifts. troweprice.com+1 The coming week (Dec. 15–19) raises the stakes. Markets face a dense schedule of global data and central-bank decisions—most importantly, the European Central Bank meeting
