French and Benelux stocks-Factors to watch

Vicat SA

27/07/2023 05:29

July 27 (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.
    
    AIRBUS  AIR.PA :
    Europe's Airbus on Wednesday posted higher-than-expected
underlying operating profit for the second quarter and
reaffirmed financial goals for the year, while removing an
interim industrial target on the route to record jet output.
    
    CARREFOUR  CARR.PA :
    The CEO of Carrefour, Europe's biggest food retailer,
criticized suppliers as not cooperating in price renegotiations
on Wednesday, even as the company said it sees inflationary
prices easing and is looking to the second half of the year with
confidence.
    
    COLRUYT  COLR.BR :
    Colruyt announced that Virya Energy has finalisedthe sale of
its offshore wind energy activities to JERA for approximately
EUR 1,6 billion (net of debt and transaction costs). 
    
    ELIS  ELIS.PA :
    Elis posted H1 adjusted EBITDA (reported) up at EUR 698.1
million  ($773.98 million) and net income up +158.3% to EUR
138.8 million
    
    ERAMET  ERMT.PA :
    Eramet saidon Wednesday that it had signed earlier this
month a $400 million deal with commodities group Glencore
 GLEN.L  to jointly market some 50,000 metric tons of lithium
produced on its Argentina site over five years.
    
    GTT  GTT.PA :
    GTT announcedon Wednesday it has received an order from
Yangzijiang to design the tanks of ten ultra large LNG-fueled
container vessels.
    
    MICHELIN  MICP.PA :
    France's Michelin on Wednesday raised its full-year core
profit and free cash flow forecasts based on price increases on
its tyres for SUVs, sports cars and aircraft and anticipation of
lower production costs in the second half of the year.
    
    SAINT-GOBAIN  SGOB.PA 
    French construction firm Saint-Gobain posted on Wednesday
second quarter operating income 0.8% higher than a year ago,
supported by a stronger outlook in growing markets including
North America and Asia.
    
    TELEPERFORMANCE  TEPRF.PA  :
    French call-centre operator Teleperformance's downgraded its
full-year revenue growth target on Wednesday amid a challenging
macro-economic environment, and tempered talk surrounding its
adoption of generative AI technologies.
    
    UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP  UMG.AS :
    The sale of Taylor Swift merchandising pushed revenue at
Universal Music Group in the second quarter, the world's largest
record label said on Wednesday.
    
    VICAT  VCTP.PA :
    Vicat's half-year EBITDA came in at EUR 314 million. The
group anticipates full-year 2023 EBITDA to rise towards a level
appreciably above that recorded in 2021.
    
    VOLTALIA  VLTSA.PA :
    Voltalia posted second-quarter turnover at EUR 100 million
supported by strong growth of the capacity in operation. It
confirmed its objectives for 2023.

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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Equities.............. TOP/EQE 
Main oil report........... O/R 
Main currency report..... FRX/ 


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