Η ομιλία Powell «επισκίασε» τα ευρωπαϊκά χρηματιστήρια

Με μικτά πρόσημα ολοκλήρωσαν την τελευταία συνεδρίαση της εβδομάδας τα ευρωπαϊκά χρηματιστήρια, καθώς τα κέρδη που κατέγραφαν στο μεγαλύτερο μέρος αυτής τα περισσότερα από αυτά διαγράφηκαν ή περιορίστηκαν λόγω της ομιλίας του προέδρου της FED Jerome Powell στο Jackson Hole του Γουαϊόμινγκ (βλ. εδώ), αυξάνοντας την μεταβλητότητα στα χρηματιστήρια ΗΠΑ και Ευρώπης, με τους αναλυτές να εκτιμούν κατά 78% ότι η FED θα διατηρήσει αμετάβλητα τα επιτόκια της στην συνεδρίαση του Σεπτεμβρίου, με 43% πιθανότητα να προβεί σε μία νέα αύξηση στην συνεδρίαση του Νοεμβρίου.

Στην Γερμανία το ΑΕΠ δευτέρου τριμήνου σημείωσε μηδενική αύξηση (σύμφωνα με τις εκτιμήσεις) έναντι υποχώρησης 0,1% το προηγούμενο τρίμηνο, ενώ σε ετήσια βάση υποχώρησε κατά 0,2% (σύμφωνα με τις εκτιμήσεις) έναντι πτώσης 0,2% το προηγούμενο έτος.

Στην Γερμανία ο δείκτης Επιχειρηματικών Προσδοκιών για τον μήνα Αύγουστο διαμορφώθηκε στο 82,6 έναντι εκτιμήσεων 83,8 και 83,6 τον προηγούμενο μήνα.

Στην Γερμανία ο δείκτης Τρέχουσας Κατάστασης για τον μήνα Αύγουστο διαμορφώθηκε στο 89,0 έναντι εκτιμήσεων 90,0 και 91,4 τον προηγούμενο μήνα.

Στην Γερμανία ο δείκτης Επιχειρηματικού Κλίματος για τον μήνα Αύγουστο διαμορφώθηκε στο 85,7 έναντι εκτιμήσεων 86,7 και 87,4 τον προηγούμενο μήνα.

Ο δείκτης Eurostoxx 600 έκλεισε στις 451,58 μονάδες αμετάβλητος.

Στην Φρανκφούρτη ο δείκτης DAX έκλεισε στις 15.633,45 μονάδες με οριακά κέρδη 0,08%, παραμένοντας με σήμα strong sell, με την αντίσταση να βρίσκεται στις 15.989 μονάδες και την στήριξη στις 15.509 μονάδες.

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Στο Λονδίνο ο δείκτης FTSE 100 έκλεισε στις 7.339,47 μονάδες με οριακή άνοδο 0,08%, παραμένοντας με σήμα strong sell, με την αντίσταση να βρίσκεται στις 7.531 μονάδες και την στήριξη στις 7.262 μονάδες.

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Στο Παρίσι ο δείκτης CAC 40 έκλεισε στις 7.229,60 μονάδες με άνοδο 0,21%, παραμένοντας με σήμα strong sell, με την αντίσταση να βρίσκεται στις 7.438 μονάδες και την στήριξη στις 7.167 μονάδες.

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Εταιρικά νέα

LendInvest’s customer data was breached within a project test environment, the company said Friday. The nonbank mortgage lender said customer and applicant personal data was accessible to people outside of the company, but that the exposed data is no longer exposed, The company said there is currently no evidence that any personal information has been misused. It said an investigation has been launched to determine how many individuals were affected and the length of time that the information was available.

Petra Diamonds said it raised $79.3 million in its first diamond tender of fiscal 2024, a 88% increase on the prior tender, but that demand was lower than anticipated. The gemstone miner said Friday that it sold 696,200 diamond carats, a 49% rise on the prior tender’s 468,817 carats sold. The average price was $114 a carat compared with $90 in the preceding tender in May. However, uncertainties generated by prevailing high interest and inflation rates have resulted in a more muted demand than expected, the company said. “Indications are that these rates have now peaked and will start to decline, providing support to our view of improved demand in the medium-term,” Chief Executive Richard Duffy said. “We remain optimistic that jewelry demand will improve and provide some support to prices over the balance of the calendar year,” Duffy said.

Shearwater Group has now received a number of delayed contracts and said revenue for the first quarter of the year has beat that for the comparable period a year earlier. The London-listed cybersecurity company said Friday that it is confident fiscal 2024 earnings will show an improvement over fiscal 2023, as it benefits from more favorable market conditions in the software sector and investments made in that division. Shearwater expects to report earnings for the year ended March 31 on Sept. 5, it said. The earnings have been delayed due to the audit process as previously disclosed. On June 8, the company said fiscal 2023 revenue was expected to be around 27.0 million pounds ($34 million) and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization was expected to be around the GBP4.4 million reported in fiscal 2022.

NAC Kazatomprom net profit for the first half of 2023 rose sharply on the back of a significant improvement in the uranium market, the company said Friday. The Kazakh uranium producer made a net profit for the six months of 222.3 billion tenge ($483.7 million) compared with KZT167.4 billion the same period a year ago, while revenue rose 25% to KZT618.7 billion. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization–which strips out exceptional and other one-off items–nearly doubled to KZT331.2 billion from KZT224.5 billion. The company said its performance was mainly driven by an increase in uranium prices, as well as in the sales volume due to changes in the timing of customer orders. Production volumes during the period were nearly at the same level as a year ago.

DWF Group said its pretax profit fell in fiscal 2023 due to a rise in administrative costs, and that it won’t declare a dividend due to the proposed takeover offer by Inflexion. The provider of legal and business services said Friday that its pretax profit fell to 17.2 million pounds ($21.7 million) in the year ended April 30 from GBP23.3 million in fiscal 2022. The fall was primarily driven by an increase in adjusting items attributable to additional overheads from the acquisitions of Acumension and Whitelaw Twining during the fiscal year, the company said. Adjusted pretax profit–which strips out exceptional and other one-off items–rose to GBP43.3 million from GBP41.4 million a year prior. Revenue climbed 8.6% to GBP451.6 million. DWF Group said it has halted its dividend payout given the proposed acquisition of the group by Inflexion, which will include a special dividend of 3 pence if the offer becomes effective.

CMC Markets said net operating income for fiscal 2024 is expected to fall on the back of lower revenue, amid subdued market conditions. The London-listed online trading platform said Friday that net operating income–one of the company’s key metrics–for the year ending March 31 is anticipated to be between 250 million and 280 million pounds ($315 million and $352.8 million), down from the GBP288.4 million reported in fiscal 2023. The company said current investing net revenues are trending 20% lower, with August performance facing a challenging environment, with “markedly lower monetization of client trading activity due to a higher proportion of lower margin institutional volume”.

Ericsson said Friday that it has renewed a multiyear global patent cross-licensing pact with Huawei, giving both companies access to each other’s patented, standardized technologies. The deal covers patents essential to each company’s products within network infrastructure and consumer devices , including 3G, 4G, and 5G cellular technologies, it said.

“Both companies are major contributors to mobile communication standards and recognize the value of each other’s intellectual property,” said Christina Petersson, chief intellectual property officer at Ericsson. “A balanced approach to licensing ensures that the interests of both patent holders and implementers are served fairly, driving healthy, sustainable industry development.” Financial terms weren’t disclosed, but Ericsson said that with its current portfolio of intellectual property licensing contracts, it expects full-year 2023 licensing revenue to be around 11 billion Swedish kronor ($1 billion). Ericsson has more than 60,000 granted patents and invests more than $4 billion in research and development each year. It said it is confident of growing its intellectual property revenues with further agreements and by expanding into additional licensing areas long term.

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