Έντονες πιέσεις δέχθηκαν σήμερα τα περισσότερα ευρωπαϊκά χρηματιστήρια, με τις μετοχές του κλάδου της αυτοκινητοβιομηχανίας να σημειώνουν από τις μεγαλύτερες απώλειες.
Η προοπτική των δασμών έχει συγκλονίσει τους επενδυτές εν μέσω ανησυχιών ότι θα αναζωπυρώσουν τον πληθωρισμό στις ΗΠΑ και θα κλιμακώσουν έναν παγκόσμιο εμπορικό πόλεμο.
Τη Δευτέρα, και οι τρεις βασικοί δείκτες των ΗΠΑ έπεσαν σε αρνητικό έδαφος αφού ο Τραμπ επιβεβαίωσε το απόγευμα ότι οι δασμοί 25% των ΗΠΑ στον Καναδά και το Μεξικό θα τεθούν σε ισχύ την επόμενη μέρα και ότι «δεν έμεινε περιθώριο» για τα δύο έθνη να διαπραγματευτούν αυτούς τους νέους δασμούς εισαγωγής. Ο Τραμπ επέβαλε επίσης επιπλέον δασμούς 10% σε κινεζικά προϊόντα.
Σε αντίποινα, η Κίνα ανακοίνωσε τη νύχτα ότι θα επιβάλει πρόσθετους δασμούς έως και 15% σε ορισμένα προϊόντα των ΗΠΑ και θα περιορίσει τις εξαγωγές σε 15 αμερικανικές εταιρείες.
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Στην ευρωζώνη, ο δείκτης ανεργίας για τον μήνα Ιανουάριο υποχώρησε στο 6,2% έναντι εκτιμήσεων των οικονομολόγων για 6,3% και 6,3% τον προηγούμενο μήνα.
Η βρετανική κυβέρνηση προέβη στην έκδοση ομολόγου τριακονταετούς διάρκειας με κουπόνι 5,104% έναντι 5,198% της αντίστοιχης προηγούμενης έκδοσης.
Ο δείκτης Stoxx 600 έκλεισε στις 550,72 μονάδες με πτώση 2,21%.
Στην Φρανκφούρτη ο δείκτης DAX έκλεισε στις 22.3744,59 μονάδες με πτώση 3,43%, με το σήμα να μετατρέπεται από strong buy σε buy, και με την στήριξη να βρίσκεται στις 20.433 μονάδες και την επόμενη στις 19.854 μονάδες.
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Στο Λονδίνο ο δείκτης FTSE 100 έκλεισε στις 8.762,32 μονάδες με πτώση 1,23%, με το σήμα να μετατρέπεται από strong buy σε buy, και με την στήριξη να βρίσκεται στις 8.660 μονάδες.
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Στο Παρίσι ο δείκτης CAC 40 έκλεισε στις 8.047,92 μονάδες με πτώση 1,85%, με το σήμα να μετατρέπεται από strong buy σε neutral, και με την αντίσταση να βρίσκεται στις 8.213 μονάδες και την στήριξη στις 7.966 μονάδες.
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Aroundtown: Berenberg’s research confirms his advice and maintains his neutral opinion on the stock. Previously set at EUR 3.30, the target price has been raised to EUR 3.50.
ENI: In a research note published by Joshua Stone, UBS gives a Neutral rating to the stock. The target price is unchanged at EUR 14.
SAP: Berenberg is positive on the stock with a Buy rating. The target price is increased from EUR 242 to EUR 299.
Stellantis: JJP Morgan analyst Jose Asumendi maintains his Buy rating on the stock. The target price is reduced from EUR 17 to EUR 16.
HSBC: Barclays’s analyst Aman Rakkar has upgraded his rating from Neutral to Buy. The target price is increased from GBX 940 to GBX 1200.
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Thales (EPA:TCFP) on Tuesday delivered strong results for the second half of 2024, with performance driven largely by its defence segment.
The French aerospace and defence company’s revenue for the period stood at €11.08 billion, surpassing consensus estimates by 5%, while EBIT reached €1.32 billion, also exceeding expectations.
The defence sector played a crucial role in this outperformance, posting a 23.9% organic growth rate in the fourth quarter and 13.3% for the full year, well ahead of initial guidance.
Jefferies analysts noted that free cash flow remained strong at €2 billion, coming in 17% above consensus estimates.
The company’s proposed dividend of €3.7 per share exceeded market expectations, which had forecast a figure closer to €3.47.
Meanwhile, Thales’ fiscal year 2025 EBIT guidance appeared conservative, falling at the lower end of projections and not yet accounting for potential increases in defence spending.
Order intake in the fourth quarter totaled €9.7 billion, bringing full-year figures to €25.3 billion, ahead of market consensus (€23.8 billion).
The company’s book-to-bill ratio remained strong at 1.2x, signaling sustained demand across its business segments.
The aerospace division saw mixed results. While revenue growth was slightly weaker than anticipated in the second half, margins performed better than expected, reaching 7.8% despite continued challenges in the space business.
Analysts flagged that Thales had previously forecast full-year losses of around €50 million in its space operations, but specifics on the segment’s performance remained limited. The avionics division, however, continued to generate strong double-digit margins.
In cybersecurity, organic growth reached 1.3% for the full year, aligning with Jefferies’ expectations, though total sales slightly missed projections.
Nonetheless, margins remained in line with consensus estimates. Restructuring costs for the year totaled €118 million, in line with previous forecasts.
Thales’ 2025 guidance suggests organic growth of 5-6%, translating to revenue of €21.7-221.9 billion. At the midpoint, this represents a slight increase of 1% over consensus. EBIT margins are forecast at 12.2-12.4%, implying adjusted EBIT between €2.66 billion and €2.70 billion.
This range falls at the lower end of analysts’ expectations. An estimated €1.91 billion in free cash flow will be generated, with a cash conversion rate of 95-100%.
Jefferies analysts pointed out that Thales’ investment plans for 2025 indicate an increase in capital expenditure, with net investments expected to slightly exceed €700 million.
This is driven by efforts to expand production capacity in the defence segment, a move reflecting broader geopolitical trends and increased defence spending across Europe.
However, the company’s guidance does not yet fully reflect potential acceleration in defence budgets, leaving room for upward revisions.
Mercedes-Benz (OTC:MBGAF) has won agreement from its works council to offer buy-outs to staff under a programme to cut costs and jobs, German magazine Wirtschaftswoche reported on Tuesday.
Citing a video that was posted on the carmaker’s internal network for staff, Wirtschaftswoche said that compensation packages would only be paid in cases where both the employee and the company agree on a termination of the contract.
Wizz Air said passenger numbers rose in February, and that revenue trends were better than expected for the first quarter of the fiscal year.
The London-listed budget airline said passengers last month came to 4.6 million, a 5.1% on-year increase.
The increase in passengers comes as the Eastern Europe focused company’s seating capacity rose on year by 3% to 5 million seats.
The airline’s load factor–a measure of how full its planes are–stood at 91.8% last month compared with 90% a year ago.
On a rolling 12-month basis, Wizz Air flew 63.1 million passengers, representing a 2.6% on-year rise, it said.
Canal+ plans to invest at least 480 million euros ($503.4 million) over the next three years as part of an agreement with French cinema organizations.
The Paris-based, London-listed broadcaster will invest 150 million euros in 2025, 160 million euros in 2026 and 170 million euros in 2027 as part of the agreement, it said late Monday.
Under the agreement, Canal+ and its Cine+ OCS network will be allowed to broadcast movies as early as six months after their theatrical release and to increase the number of film broadcasts, the company said.
The deal takes effect retroactively from the start of 2025, is valid until the end of 2027, and can be renewed, Canal+ said.
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