French and Benelux stocks - Factors to watch

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29/08/2022 07:02

(Adds Boslakis, Hal Trust, DEME, Engie, TotalEnergies, Valneva)
    Aug 29 (Reuters) - Below are company-related news and
stories from French and Benelux media which could have an impact
on the region's markets or individual stocks.
    
    ENERGY  TTEF.PA   ENGIE.PA 
    French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne does not rule out
implementing a windfall tax, according to an interview published
Saturday. Such a tax would likely hit energy companies that
cashed in on a surge in oil and gas prices following Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N3030B2
    
    ENGIE  ENGIE.PA 
    Algeria could increase its gas deliveries to France by up to
50% according to media reports published after Emmanuel Macron's
visit to the country last week. Olivier Veran, the government
spokesman, told news channel BFM TV that announcements on the
matter would be made shortly.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N304083
    
    TOTALENERGIES  TTEF.PA  
    Norwegian CO2 storage company Northern Lights and its owners
TotalEnergies, Equinor  EQNR.OL  and Shell  SHEL.L , said they
had signed an agreement to store emissions captured at
fertiliser maker Yara's  YAR.OL  Dutch operation from early
2025.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N3050GU
    
    AIRBUS  AIR.PA  
    Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia plans to resume deliveries
of 362 Airbus A321neos remaining on order starting in 2024, the
chief executive of parent Capital A Bhd  CAPI.KL  said, having
postponed the arrivals during the pandemic.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N3022T3
    
    BOSKALIS  BOSN.AS , HAL TRUST  HLAN.AS 
    Dutch dredger Boskalis and investor firm Hal Trust, its
majority shareholder which has launched a takeover bid, agreed
on a recommended price offer at 33 euros per share, up from 32
euros Hal offered previously.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN303041
    
    DEME  DEME.BR 
    Belgian dredger DEME reported its first-half results and
said it expects its full year turnover to be "slightly higher"
than 2021 with an EBITDA expected "to be similar" as in 2021.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N3050IQ
    
       
    VALNEVA  VLS.PA 
    The French vaccine maker reported positive phase 3
immunogenicity and first heterologous booster results for its
inactivated COVID-19 vaccine VLA2001.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN30301C
    
      
    Pan-European market data:
European Equities speed guide................... EUR/EQUITY 
FTSE Eurotop 300 index.............................. .FTEU3 
DJ STOXX index...................................... .STOXX 
Top 10 STOXX sectors........................... .PGL.STOXXS 
Top 10 EUROSTOXX sectors...................... .PGL.STOXXES 
Top 10 Eurotop 300 sectors..................... .PGL.FTEU3S 
Top 25 European pct gainers....................... .PG.PEUR 
Top 25 European pct losers........................ .PL.PEUR 
   Main stock markets:
Dow Jones............... .DJI   Wall Street report ..... .N 
Nikkei 225............. .N225   Tokyo report............ .T 
FTSE 100............... .FTSE   London report........... .L 
Xetra DAX............. .GDAXI   Frankfurt items......... .F 
CAC-40................. .FCHI   Paris items............ .PA 
World Indices..................................... 0#.INDEX 
Reuters survey of world bourse outlook......... EQUITYPOLL1 
European Asset Allocation........................ EUR/ASSET 
   Reuters News at a glance:
Top News............. TOP/NEWS 
Equities.............. TOP/EQE 
Main oil report........... O/R 
Main currency report..... FRX/ 


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 (Reporting by Tassilo Hummel)
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