Company – are shareholders’ rights being curtailed? – Economy

Frankfurt / Main (dpa) – Protests in front of the hall, loud criticism from shareholders, meeting marathon – board members of major German corporations were largely spared all of this in the Corona year 2020. Because of the pandemic, the companies completely relocated their annual general meetings to the Internet. Because the situation remains uncertain, … Read more

New York stocks: investors cash in

NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – After new price records in early trading on Wall Street, investors reaped price gains on Wednesday. The prospect of an imminent stimulus package worth billions for the weakened US economy could no longer persuade investors to buy. The leading index Dow Jones Industrial , which had reached a historical high of … Read more

Study: Companies shy away from going public

Frankfurt / Main (dpa) – Unsettled by the corona pandemic, hardly any companies dared to go public this year. Only five companies went public in the strictly regulated Prime Standard, shows a study by the Hamburg consulting firm Kirchhoff Consult. – That was two more than last year. But the total value of the shares … Read more

Stocks New York Conclusion: Profits

NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – The US stock market ended the shortened trading session on Friday with profits after its holiday break. As on Wednesday, investors were particularly happy on the Nasdaq technology exchange: while the Nasdaq 100 selection index ultimately climbed 0.87 percent to 12,258.21 points, the Nasdaq Composite set another record right from the … Read more

Stocks New York: Slight losses at the beginning of the week

NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – On Wall Street, investors also acted cautiously at the beginning of the week. The Dow Jones Industrial fluctuated on Monday around its closing level on Friday and was last 0.08 percent lower at 28,584.31 points. The US leading index had immediately made up for a setback to a low of a … Read more

EuroStoxx remains under pressure after the price slide on Monday

– It could be some time before the optimists dare to return to the market, wrote market analyst Neil Wilson of the trading house Markets.com. You might even choose to wait until after the US election in early November. The leading Eurozone index EuroStoxx was 0.45 percent lower at 3,091.31 points late in the morning, … Read more

Hardly any movement at the end of a rather weak week

NEW YORK (dpa-AFX) – At the end of a trading week that was more marked by losses, investors on Wall Street have dared no more big leaps. The focus on Friday was on a number of mixed corporate reports on the past quarter. Der US-Leitindex Dow Jones Industrial recently barely moved with minus 0.08 percent … Read more

Economy, Trade & Finance: Vienna Stocks Conclusion: Economic data dampen sentiment on the stock market

– After a lower start of trading, Vienna’s leading index turned positive in the morning, but weakening economic data then put more pressure on sentiment and caused the ATX to slide back into negative territory. The European stock exchange environment made a similar move. Purchasing manager data from France, Germany and the euro zone, which … Read more