French and Benelux stocks-Factors to watch

Vilmorin & Cie SA

03/08/2021 06:29

Aug 3 (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.

    PROSUS  PRX.AS : 
    Closed on Monday the acquisition of Stack Overflow for $1.8
billion. 
    
    SANOFI  SASY.PA :
    French drugmaker Sanofi  SASY.PA  said it had made a $3.2
billion offer to buy U.S. biotech company Translate Bio
 TBIO.O , as it bets on next-generation mRNA technology after
setbacks in the COVID-19 vaccine race.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nASA02GDT
    
    SOCGEN  SOGN.PA :
    French bank Societe Generale  SOGN.PA  on Tuesday raised its
forecast for the full year as the lender swung back to a profit
in the second quarter on lower pandemic-related charges for bad
loans and a rebound in its French retail banking business.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2P95RK
    
    Vilmorin & Cie  VILM.PA :
    Posted on Monday an 8% sales growth for the full-year, at
1.48 billion euros, and said it expects its net income to be
"significantly higher" compared with last year.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2P952M
    
   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/