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title: "The Italian banking sector rose by about 2%, up more than 3% this week"
description: "The Italian banking sector rose by about 2%, up more than 3% this week. The German DAX 30 index preliminarily closed up 0.84%, at 25,253.71 points, with a cumulative increase of about 1.2% this week. "
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locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/276465132.md"
published_at: "2026-02-20T16:32:18.000Z"
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# The Italian banking sector rose by about 2%, up more than 3% this week

> The Italian banking sector rose by about 2%, up more than 3% this week. The German DAX 30 index preliminarily closed up 0.84%, at 25,253.71 points, with a cumulative increase of about 1.2% this week. The French stock index preliminarily closed up 1.36%, the Italian stock index preliminarily closed up 1.43%, and the banking index rose 1.97%—with a cumulative increase of about 3.1% this week. The UK stock index preliminarily closed up 0.61%

The German DAX 30 index initially rose by 0.84%, closing at 25,253.71 points, with a cumulative increase of about 1.2% this week.

The French stock index initially rose by 1.36%, the Italian stock index initially rose by 1.43%, and the banking index rose by 1.97%—with a cumulative increase of about 3.1% this week, while the UK stock index initially rose by 0.61%

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