Investors enjoy JDE Peet’s; IMCD steals show | Financial

The AEX index is 0.5% higher at 764.2 points around a quarter to ten, a tightening of the record of the day before. The Midkap index is up 1% to 1068 points.

This afternoon we are looking forward to the jobs report of the American payslip processor ADP, which will be released later in the day. The ADP report is an indicator of the official US government jobs figure, which will be released Friday. Employment plays an important role in the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision.

Equity markets in Asia were largely ahead on the back of an acceleration of growth in the Chinese services sector. The Nikkei in Tokyo, on the other hand, was down 0.2% on ongoing concerns about the rapid spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus in Japan.

IMCD popular

Shoot in the AEX IMCD 6.6% up after enthusiastically received results. More turnover and profit were recorded in the first half of the year. In the second quarter there was a further acceleration in growth compared to the first three months of the year.

Prosus gains 3.3%, helped by the price recovery at the Chinese tech group Tencent, in which the tech investor has a large stake.

Chip funds are also at the forefront. ASML adds 1.4%. ASMI gains 1.9%.

Philips less so with a decline of 1.9%. For Just Eat Takeaway investors have 1.8% less left.

Wolters Kluwer books fractionally gain in response to the numbers. Top woman Nancy McKinstry spoke of a faster than expected recovery from the corona crisis, but also warned of additional costs due to the reopening of the economy.

Shell makes a stop. The oil and gas group is said to be considering leaving Nigeria after 85 years. During the last shareholders’ meeting of Shell, CEO Ben van Beurden already hinted that the position in Nigeria was no longer sacred.

Ahold Delhaize must give 0.3%. According to the newspaper De Tijd, the Belgian tax authorities are demanding 380 million euros from the Dutch-Belgian supermarket group. The conflict concerns the way in which Ahold Delhaize acquired the American stores of its Belgian subsidiary Delhaize in 2018.

At the medium-sized funds steals JDE Peet’s the show with a price jump of 4.6%. The coffee and tea maker expects the recovery in, among others, the catering industry to continue in the second half of the year.

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