French and Benelux stocks-Factors to watch on Dec 4

St Dupont SA

04/12/2015 06:36

PARIS, Dec 4 (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. 
     
    RENAULT  RENA.PA  
    French carmaker Renault will return to Formula One as a full 
constructor next year after agreeing key contracts to acquire 
the Lotus team, the company said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N13S5GM 
    Renault-Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn said talks to 
resolve a standoff with the French government over voting rights 
were ongoing, but he hoped to resolve the matter by a board 
meeting on Dec. 11. 
     
    LATECOERE  LAEP.PA  
    The aerospace group said it will open a production site in 
Morocco to produce equipment for Airbus A350 and A320 jets. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN13S03E  
  
    SAINT-GOBAIN  SGOB.PA  
    Saint-Gobain's attempted takeover of Sika  SIK.VX , launched 
a year ago, would destroy value at Sika and thus hurt the French 
glass maker, the Swiss company's chairman said in an open 
letter.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN13S03A 
     
    AXA  AXAF.PA  
    The French insurer has set a range for its solvency ratio 
under the European industry's new capital rules of 170-230 
percent of the minimum requirement, which it said would allow it 
to pay higher dividends, invest in business growth and maintain 
its current investment risk appetite.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N13S4PR 
          
    CARREFOUR  CARR.PA  
    Trading activity at the retailer was "good" last month with 
the Paris attacks only briefly weighing on the sales in its 
French hypermarkets, and the end of the year is "as it should 
be", Chief Executive Georges Plassat said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N13S4ED 
     
    VIVENDI  VIV.PA  
    The media group's plan to appoint board members to represent 
it within Telecom Italia  TLIT.MI  does not aim to interfere 
with the current board and the firm has no plans to merge the 
two groups, the company said.  VIV.PA  
   
    EIFFAGE  FOUG.PA  
    The French construction and concessions company has 
appointed Benoit de Ruffray to become its new chief executive, 
two sources close to the matter said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N13S5DT 
     
    ORANGE  ORAN.PA  
    Britain's Vodafone  VOD.L  and Orange will pay up to 330 
million euros between them for the rights to screen Spanish 
soccer matches in bars, restaurants and other public spaces. 
 ID:nE8N11T049  
     
    ST DUPONT  DPTP.PA  
    St Dupont said second-quarter revenue rose to 16.1 million 
euros versus 13.9 million a year ago.  ID:nFWN13S03H  
     
   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: 
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Keywords: FRANCE BENELUX MARKETS/