Fiat will not pay a dividend so it can afford further investments including the possibility of buying out the autoworker's pension trust fund holding in Chrysler.
World stock markets shot higher Friday after the Federal Reserve met investor expectations by giving the green light to big asset purchases to boost the U.S. economy.
Skyrocketing bond rates hit Italian markets hard, while many Italian workers who accepted pension buyouts now face a future without salary or benefits.
Downbeat economic news from around the world renewed worries over the state of the global economy on Thursday and hit already fragile confidence in stock markets.