Με μικτά πρόσημα έκλεισαν τα ευρωπαϊκά χρηματιστήρια

Με μικτά πρόσημα ολοκλήρωσαν την σημερινή συνεδρίαση τα ευρωπαϊκά χρηματιστήρια, με τους επενδυτές να παραμένουν επιφυλακτικοί, όπου παρά την μείωση του πληθωρισμού στην Μεγάλη Βρετανία, η αδυναμία που εμφανίζει η οικονομία της Κίνας δημιουργεί εύλογους προβληματισμούς για την πορεία της παγκόσμιας οικονομίας.

Στην Μεγάλη Βρετανία, ο Δείκτης Τιμών Καταναλωτή για τον μήνα Ιούλιο υποχώρησε κατά 0,4% έναντι εκτιμήσεων για υποχώρηση 0,5%, και αύξησης 0,1%, ενώ σε ετήσια βάση ενισχύθηκε κατά 6,8% (σύμφωνα με τις εκτιμήσεις) έναντι αύξησης 7,9% το προηγούμενο έτος. Σημαντικό μερίδιο στην υποχώρηση του πληθωρισμού είχε η μείωση της τιμής του φυσικού αερίου και του ηλεκτρικού ρεύματος.

Στην ευρωζώνη, τα προσωρινά στοιχεία για το ΑΕΠ δευτέρου τριμήνου έδειξαν αύξηση 0,3% (σύμφωνα με τις εκτιμήσεις) έναντι μηδενικής αύξησης το προηγούμενο τρίμηνο, ενώ σε ετήσια βάση το ΑΕΠ αυξήθηκε 0,6% (σύμφωνα με τις εκτιμήσεις) έναντι αύξησης 1,1% το προηγούμενο έτος.

Ο δείκτης Eurostoxx 600 έκλεισε στις 455,26 μονάδες με οριακές απώλειες 0,07%.

Στην Φρανκφούρτη ο δείκτης DAX έκλεισε στις 15.788,95 μονάδες με άνοδο 0,14%, παραμένοντας με σήμα strong sell, με την αντίσταση να βρίσκεται στις 16.488 μονάδες και την στήριξη στις 15.143 μονάδες.

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Στο Λονδίνο ο δείκτης FTSE 100 έκλεισε στις 7.357,02 μονάδες με πτώση 0,44%, παραμένοντας με σήμα strong sell, με την αντίσταση να βρίσκεται στις 7.911 μονάδες και την στήριξη στις 6.972 μονάδες.

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Στο Παρίσι ο δείκτης CAC 40 έκλεισε στις 7.260,25 μονάδες με πτώση 0,10%, μετατρέποντας το σήμα από neutral σε strong sell, με την αντίσταση να βρίσκεται στις 7.599 μονάδες και την στήριξη στις 6.931 μονάδες.

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Εταιρικά νέα

Galp said Wednesday it will pay out a dividend of 0.27 euro cents (29 cents) per share to shareholders as an advancement out of the profits for the fiscal year 2023. The dividend will be payable from Aug. 25, the Portuguese energy company said.

Aviva beat its guidance and analyst expectations as it reported higher operating profit for the first half of 2023 on growth across its divisions and said it expects to exceed its mid-term targets. The British insurer and asset manager on Wednesday posted an operating profit for the six months ended June 30 of 715 million pounds ($908.5 million), ahead of company-complied consensus expectations of GBP701 million and its recently-issued guidance of around GBP700 million. This compares with restated GBP661 million reported for the same period the previous year. It swung to IFRS profit of GBP377 million from a restated loss of GBP198 million, it said. The FTSE 100-listed group’s general insurance gross written premiums reached GBP5.27 billion in the period, beating expectations of GBP5.15 billion and up from GBP4.69 billion a year earlier. The company closed the half year with a solvency II cover ratio–a measure of capital strength–of 202% compared with 196% at March 31 and consensus of 199%. Aviva declared an interim dividend of 11.1 pence a share, up from 10.3 pence a year prior.

Admiral Group said pretax profit for the first half rose as revenue from insurance increased, and that challenging market conditions were turning. The U.K.-listed car-insurance company said Wednesday that pretax profit was 233.9 million pounds ($297.2 million) compared with a restated pretax profit of GBP224.6 million the year before. Berenberg analyst Thomas Bateman had a pretax profit estimate of GBP249 million for the period. Total turnover increased to GBP2.24 billion from GBP1.85 billion with insurance revenue of GBP1.61 billion up from GBP1.41 billion, while net profit fell to GBP174.5 million from a restated GBP182.4 million. Admiral declared an interim dividend of 51.0 pence a share, compared with 60.0 pence a share the year before. The company’s solvency ratio was at 182% at the end of the first half, down from 185% as at June 30, 2022, it added. The company said its customer base rose 4% to 9.4 million customers despite challenging market conditions as it focused cross on prioritizing margin over growth. “Admiral continues to focus on medium term profitability, and has maintained a disciplined approach to business volumes, increasing prices to reflect the elevated claims inflation,” it said.

Balfour Beatty’s first-half pretax profit slipped slightly on year on higher costs and expenses but was on course to meet full-year expectations, it said Wednesday. The U.K. builder said pretax profit was 82 million pounds ($104.2 million) compared with GBP83 million for the first half of 2022. Revenue rose to GBP4.53 billion from GBP4.15 billion. Underlying profit from earnings-based businesses–one of the company’s preferred metrics, which strips out exceptional and other one-off items–was GBP95 million compared with GBP85 million the prior year, particularly benefiting from improved U.K. construction profitability and higher profit from the company’s Gammon business. The board declared an interim dividend of 3.5 pence a share, flat on year. Full-year profit from operations from earnings-based businesses is expected to be in line with 2022 when it reported GBP232 million. The order book at the half year mark fell to GBP16.4 billion from GBP17.7 billion due to progress on contracts and economic conditions delaying U.S. commercial office projects going to contract.

Marshalls said that pretax profit fell on adjusted items and higher costs and cut its dividend, but that revenue increased and it was well-placed for a market recovery. The concrete-products company said Wednesday that first-half pretax profit was 16.7 million pounds ($21.2 million) compared with GBP23.9 million a year earlier. This reflects GBP16.5 million of adjusted items, and net financial expenses rising to GBP10.1 million from GBP3.4 million. Revenue for the period was GBP354.1 million compared with GBP348.4 million. On a like-for-like basis, revenue contracted 13%. The board declared an interim dividend of 2.6 pence, down from 5.7 pence a year prior. The company said the challenging business environment is expected to persist into the second half of the year and into 2024, and said it will continue to focus on actions to minimise costs, improve agility and control cashflows to positions itself well for a market recovery. “Notwithstanding short-term challenges, the board remains confident that the long-term market growth drivers and a focus on executing key strategic initiatives, will underpin a material improvement in profitability when market conditions normalize,” Chief Executive Martyn Coffey said.

Carlsberg on Wednesday posted a forecast-beating rise in first-half adjusted earnings after continued volume growth was driven by Asia and its premium brand portfolio. The Copenhagen-based brewer said strong revenue growth was partly offset by cost inflation and higher sales and marketing investments, while adverse foreign exchange movements also weighed. Revenue per hectolitre increased by 10%, driven by a recovery in on-premise consumption such as bars and restaurants, premium growth in Asia and Central & Eastern Europe, and price increases across most markets. The company pre-announced some earnings data Tuesday while announcing a new 1 billion Danish kroner ($146.3 million) quarterly share-buyback program. It also upgraded full-year guidance Tuesday, targeting organic growth in operating profit of 4% to 7%. Carlsberg generated revenue of DKK37.79 billion against DKK38.13 billion expected in a FactSet poll and compared with DKK35.45 billion a year earlier. First-half volumes rose to 64.8 million hectoliters from 64.2 million a year earlier. Net profit attributable to shareholders in the half, adjusted for special items and the Russian business held for sale, fell to DKK4.75 billion from DKK5.06 billion versus DKK4.24 billion expected by FactSet. Chief Executive Cees ‘t Hart will retire from Carlsberg on 31 August with Jacob Aarup-Andersen taking over on September 1.

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