French and Benelux stocks-Factors to watch

Rubis SCA

17/03/2023 06:50

March 17 (Reuters) - Below are company-related news and
stories from France and Benelux which could have an impact on
the region's markets or individual stocks.
    
    ALSTOM  ALSO.PA :
    French train maker on Thursday said it had signed a
seven-year operations and maintenance services contract with
Newark Liberty International Airport for is approximately 250
million euros. 
    
    CASINO  CASP.PA 
    French supermarket group said it raised about 770 million
dollars with the sale of another stake in Latin American
subsidiary Assai. 
    
    EDF  EDF.PA :
    French nuclear safety watchdog ASN said on Thursday power
group may have to stop some of its reactors for corrosion checks
earlier than currently planned after new cracks were detected at
three reactors this month.
    
    IPSEN  IPN.PA :
    French group on Thursday announced it had received FDA 
Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date, set for 16 August
2023, for investigational palovarotene for the treatment of
people with FOP, an ultra-rare bone disease.
    
    RUBIS  RUBF.PA :
    French energy storage group said on Thursday it expects to
improve its net income group share and dividend in 2023. 
    
    SAINT GOBAIN  SGOB.PA :
    Saint-Gobain et Dalsan have obtained the necessary approval
from competition authorities to merge their plaster and
plasterboard activities in Turkey, the French construction
materials giant said on Thursday. 
    
    SANOFI  SASY.PA 
    French group said on Thursday it would cut U.S. list prices
by 78% for its most-prescribed insulin product starting next
year, following rivals Novo Nordisk  NOVOb.CO  and Eli Lilly and
Co  LLY.N . 
    
    STELLANTIS  STLAM.PA :
    Franco-Italian carmaker on Thursday said it had launched the
first tranche of its share buyback program announced in
February. The tranche will cover a maximum amount of up to 500
million euros and will end no later than June 19, the group
added. 
    
    WENDEL  MWDP.PA :
    French investment company said on Thursday its net income
fell 26% to 1.02 billion euros in 2022, mainly due to the
deconsolidation of telecommunications infrastructure provider
IHS Towers. The group also said it wouldd build an asset
management division for outside investors in a move aimed at
boosting its profitability.
    


     
    
    
    
    

    

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