French and Benelux stocks-Factors to watch on Feb 16

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16/02/2016 05:52

PARIS, Feb 16 (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. 
     
    BOUYGUES  BOUY.PA , ORANGE  ORAN.PA  
    Orange and Bouygues are likely to reach an initial agreement 
on the sale of Bouygues's telecoms unit in March at the 
earliest, amid wrangling over terms that would make Bouygues the 
second biggest shareholder in Orange after the French state, 
sources close to the matter said.  ID:nL8N15U3PN  
     
     
    GAMELOFT  GLFT.PA , VIVENDI  VIV.PA  
    The founding family of Gameloft has raised its stake in the 
company as it seeks to fend off a "creeping takeover" of the 
video games maker, according to a statement from France's AMF 
financial regulator.  ID:nL8N15U3EP  
     
    ORANGE  ORAN.PA  
    Orange Polska  OPL.WA , Poland's No.1 telecoms operator, 
expects its revenue to be under pressure this year and plans to 
fight for market share after one-off social provisions took its 
fourth-quarter earnings below expectations, it said on Monday. 
 ID:nFWN15U061  
     
    VALLOUREC  VLLP.PA  
    Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal and Vallourec will close two 
of three blast furnaces they operate in Brazil by year-end - 
Nikkei reports. Closure would cut their crude steel production 
capacity by around 2 million tons.  ID:nWNBS021RP  
     
    LACROIX  LACP.PA  
    Lacroix says full-year revenue rises 14.4 pct to 109.7 
million euros. Confirms its prospects for growth in terms of 
revenue and results over financial year.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN15U06R 
     
    PLASTIVALOIRE  PLVP.PA  
    Plastivaloire says Q1 revenue at 131.6 million euros 
versus 103.9 million euros year ago. Confirms EBITDA margin of 
10 pct over the current fiscal year. Confirms 2016-2017 revenue 
more than 540 million euros. Confirms revenue above 510 million 
of the current fiscal year.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN15U044  
    
    AEROPORTS DE PARIS  ADP.PA  
    ADP says had 6.8 million passengers in January, an increase 
of 0.9 pct on January 2015.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN15U03V 
     
    TOUPARGEL GROUPE  TGEL.PA  
    Toupargel says full year revenue was 308.7 million euros,  
compared to 313.4 million euros a year ago. Sees operating 
margin about 1.5 percent over 2015.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN15U03T  
     
   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/  
 
 
Keywords: FRANCE BENELUX MARKETS/