French and Benelux stocks-Factors to watch

Vilmorin & Cie SA

04/03/2021 06:14

March 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.
    
    CASINO  CASP.PA : 
    Indigenous people from Brazil and Colombia sued retailer in
a French court on Wednesday over the selling of beef linked to
land grabbing and deforestation in the Amazon, campaigners
involved in the lawsuit said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2L11PB
    
    COVID/FRANCE:
    France reported 26,788 new coronavirus infections on
Wednesday, down sharply from the 2021 high of 31,519 registered
last week Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nP6N2K802H
    
    EURONEXT  ENX.PA : 
    The European stock market operator announced on Wednesday it
has bought the remaining interest of board portal platform iBabs
for 53.2 million euros ($64.24 million).  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN000WUG
    
    GTT  GTT.PA : 
    The French naval engineering group extended on Wednesday its
collaboration with Beijing Gas Group for the future construction
of up to six more very large LNG storage tanks in china.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2L10LW
    
    SANOFI  SASY.PA :
    * U.S. FDA accepted Dupixent for or review in children with
moderate-to-severe asthma.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASA01U6S 
    * The healthcare company's board of directors proposed on
Wednesday the appointment of Christian Brandts And Barbara
Lavernos as board members.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASN000WUL
    
    STELLANTIS  STLA.PA   STLA.MI : 
    Stellantis, created by the January merger of Peugeot-maker
PSA and Fiat Chrysler (FCA), reported better-than-expected
results for 2020 and said low global car inventories and cost
cuts should boost its profit margins this year.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2L11SX
    
    THALES  TCFP.PA :
    French defence and aerospace group Thales  TCFP.PA 
predicted a progressive recovery in most businesses this year
after seeing 2020 sales and profits dragged lower by the
COVID-19 crisis.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2L210A
    
    VILMORIN & CIE  VILM.PA :
    The French crop seeds producer published on Wednesday its
2020 results with an EBITDA up at 111.7 million euros ($134.89
million) from 70.9 million euros in 2019, and expects for
2020/21 a current operating margin rate of at least 8%.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2L10LU
    
    VIVENDI  VIV.PA : 
    French media giant's full-year core operating profits
slightly beat market expectations following the solid
performance of its two flagship divisions, music label Universal
and pay-TV group Canal Plus.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N2L16GR

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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:
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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 
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