Performance of the equity markets and the Acea stock

In 2022, global equity markets saw a negative trend, in particular affected by the increase in energy prices, in part due to the war in Ukraine and the increase in raw material prices, which led to increased inflation and a weakening in the growth of global GDP.

The Italian stock market recorded negative numbers but recovered significantly in the fourth quarter. In fact, at the end of September the result was a loss of almost 25%, which was significantly less by the end of December (FTSE MIB -13.3%).

Acea stock closed at € 12.92 on 30 December 2022 (capitalisation: € 2,752 million), down 31.1% for the year, substantially in line with the trend for Italian local utilities. The high of € 18.84 was reached on 3 January, while the low of € 10.70 was recorded on 12 October. During 2022, the daily average volume was approximately 131,000 shares (substantially in line with 2021). Acea was added to the MIB ESG index on 19 December 2022.

The following normalised graph shows the performance of the Acea stock, compared to Stock Market indices.