Takeaway seasoning on considerably higher AEX | Financial

At around 2:30 PM, the AEX index was 1.9% higher at 555.6 points. The Amsterdam stock market gauge thus partly recovered from the 3.3% decline in the previous two trading days. The AMX rose 1% to 768.1 points. The price boards in London (+ 1.4%), Paris (+ 1.4%) and Frankfurt (+ 2.5%) also turned green.

In Asia, the Japanese Nikkei index excelled this morning with a 2.2% higher lock. Early this morning there were disappointing confidence figures for the Japanese and Chinese industrie outwards. Later in the morning, additional information about European industry was added.

“Investors are relieved that Chinese industry is showing growth and also picking up demand from other parts of the world,” said wealth strategist Joop van de Groep (Fintessa). In the coming days, financial markets will focus, among other things, on the expected extension of the US aid package.

‘Sentiment can start running’

The American jobs report on Friday can also move the prices. “The number of unemployment benefits in the US has risen again in the past two weeks. Then you can expect the job figures to disappoint. If that is the case, and the economic recovery in the US should falter, sentiment on the stock markets may turn somewhat, ”warned Van de Groep.

The US stock markets are expected to open this afternoon 0.6% to 0.9% higher. Investors are still awaiting the successor to the Friday-ended stimulus package in the US, which included a $ 600-a-week government allowance for the unemployed. Democrats envision $ 3 trillion, while Republicans consider $ 1 trillion adequate.

Just Eat Takeaway aan kop in AEX

Meal delivery service went into the AEX Just Eat Takeaway with a 4% profit, helped by price target increases by Deutsche Bank and US investment bank Jefferies. The AEX was also propelled by the heavyweights Unilever (+ 2.6%) in Prosus (+2,4%).

Healthcare technology company Philips climbed 2.1%. German industry colleague Siemens Healthineers plans to acquire American Varian Medical Systems for $ 16.4 billion.

Galapagos was worth 2.2% more. The biotechnology group will release quarterly figures after the closing bell on the Nasdaq on Thursday evening. The chip machine manufacturers ASML (+ 2.8%) in ASMI (+ 2.6%) were also cheerfully added.

Real estate fund Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, which released disappointing quarterly figures last week, fell another 4.8%.

Heineken fell 3.1%. Analysts were disappointed that the brewer made no predictions for the rest of the year due to the uncertainty surrounding the corona virus and did not pay an interim dividend. Heineken suffered a net loss of € 297 million in the first half of the year, mainly because the catering industry was temporarily closed in many countries.

Substantial price jump for PostNL

Mid hairdresser PostNL won 8.9%, in response to his quarterly figures. Due to the virus outbreak and the measures to combat the disease, people more often ordered online and the postal and parcel company was busier with the delivery of parcels at home. KBC took advantage of the windfall to increase the advice to buy and attached a price target of € 2.70.

Soil researcher Fugro was worth 5.1% more. Biopharmaceutical Pharming, which crashed last week due to a sales dip in the second quarter, was 4% in recovery.

Air France KLM was at the bottom of 4.4%, after price target reductions by Barclays, HSBC and Berenberg. The aviation group indicated last week that it would probably have to issue shares in order to be able to repay the billions of loans from the Dutch and French governments.

Cable and telecom provider Altice Europe lost 4.2%. Basic-Fit fell 3%. The gym chain came out late last week better half year results.

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