Jun 07 ,2023
Synopsis
European equity markets are set open in positive territory amid Asia equities trading mostly higher Wednesday. US futures still generally steady, following a moderate overnight bounce in an uneventful session. Nasdaq strength continued though more of the attention went to recent Russell 2000 outperformance. Treasury yields easing in Asia trading. Dollar mostly on the soft side amid yen strength. Crude oil, gold and Bitcoin futures lower.
On today's agenda, UK PM Sunak beginning a 2-day visit to Washington D.C. so deputy likely to be at PMQs at 12noon BST, with Opposition Day debate (topic tbc) following. In central banks, ECB's de Guindos speech at 9:50CET at conf on financial integration, Panetta moderating a panel including Fernandez-Bollo at 11:10, EU's McGuinness speech. Bundesbank's Wuermeling speech at 12:30CET on the digital euro at event hosted by VM Value Management.
Macroeconomic releases include: Germany Apr industrial production, Switzerland May unemployment rate, UK May house price index - Halifax, France Apr trade balance, Italy Apr retail sales, Norway Apr manufacturing production, Greece Q1 preliminary GDP, Apr trade balance, Denmark Apr manufacturing production.
In corporate news, Danske Bank (DANSKE.DC) announced new Forward '28 strategy and financial targets for 2026; on a clear trajectory to exceed original 2023 financial targets, to exit market for personal customers in Norway. In France, Atos' Tech Foundations unit expects revenue back to growth in 2026 and upgrades FY23 ambitions. Fabasoft (FAA.GR) posted this morning FY EPS €0.57 vs year-ago €0.68. Also in the DACH region, voestalpine (VOE.AV) posted net income €1.18B vs FactSet €987.9M and expects for the full year an EBITDA between €1.7B and €1.9B. Further earnings/trading updates are expected from Soitec (SOI.FP), discoverIE Group (DSCV.LN), Vp (VP.LN), Ramsdens Holdings (RFX.LN) and Finnair (FIA1S.FH)
CMD/events: Alpha Services & Holdings (ALPHA.GA), Atos (ATO.FP), Sitowise Group (SITOWS.FH), X-FAB Silicon Foundries (XFAB.FP)
Macro/Politics
Top company news
Earnings/updates
ICEAIR.IR (Icelandair Group) -- reports May traffic +21.0% y/y
VOE.AV (Voestalpine) -- reports FY EPS €6.01 vs FactSet €5.64 [10 est, €4.90-6.46]
DANSKE.DC (Danske Bank) -- announces new Forward '28 strategy and financial targets for 2026; on a clear trajectory to exceed original 2023 financial targets, to exit market for personal customers in Norway
ATO.FP (Atos) -- Atos' Tech Foundations unit expects revenue back to growth in 2026; upgrades FY23 ambitions -- CMD
FAA.GR (Fabasoft) -- reports FY EPS €0.57 vs year-ago €0.68
M&A
LLOY.LN (Lloyds Banking Group) -- threatens to put Telegraph Media Group owner into administration - London Times
TALO (Talos Energy) -- reported to be in talks to merge with Harbour Energy -- Reuters
NANOV.NO (Nordic Nanovector) -- announces agreement to acquire Thor Medical
BARC.LN (Barclays) -- looking to sell ~€5B of Italian mortgage loans amid plans to exit retail banking in the country - Bloomberg
SBS.GR (Stratec) -- acquire Natech Plastics, Inc for $30M (plus earn out)
SWP.FP (Sword Group) -- to put AAA subsidiary up for sale
CLA.FP (Claranova) -- Claranova's subsidiary Avanquest has entered into discussions with several potential investors for the sale of its non-core activities in Europe
Healthcare
BAYN.GR (Bayer AG) -- announces agreement with Acuitas Therapeutics regarding lipid nanoparticle technology
ALONX.FP (Valerio Therapeutics) -- Onxeo changes name to Valerio Therapeutics following approval by AGM
SPEX.SW (Spexis) -- publishes promising results for novel class of macrocyclic, peptidomimetic antibiotics in Science Advances
ALTHX.FP (Theranexus) -- Theranexus and BBDF granted positive opinion by EMA for the design of Phase III trial to evaluate Batten-1 in CLN3 Batten disease
Other
NESN.SW (Nestle) -- piloting plan to provide cash support for farmers to transition to sustainable practices
MT.NA (ArcelorMittal) -- North America announces supply agreement with General Motors for North American-sourced sustainable XCarb steel
STLA.IM (Stellantis) -- and LG Energy Solution consider offer from Canada to re-start battery plant after construction halted last month
REL.LN (RELX) -- launches aviation analytics to improve carbon emissions forecasting
FORTUM.FH (Fortum) -- and Westinghouse to explore possibilities for new nuclear in Finland and Sweden
TGS.NO (TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co.) -- TGS announces first 2D-cubed project in Brazil
888.LN (888 Holdings) -- FS Gaming Investments discloses 6.57% stake in 888 Holdings
Goldman Sachs and Jefferies provide takeaways from recent beer distributor surveys
Key rating changes
Upgrades
AMP.IM (Amplifon) -- to hold from reduce at HSBC
GFC.FP (Gecina) -- to buy from hold at HSBC
NDA.GR (Aurubis) -- to buy from add at Baader Helvea
VER.AV (Verbund) -- to buy from hold at Kepler Cheuvreux
Downgrades
AMS.SM (Amadeus IT Group) -- to neutral from buy at UBS
CRDA.LN (Croda International) -- to neutral from buy at Goldman Sachs
VPLAY.B.SS (Viaplay Group) -- to hold from buy at SEB ; to hold from buy at Berenberg; to hold from buy at Carnegie Securities
Initiations
BOSS.GR (Hugo Boss) -- buy at UBS
EG7.SS (Enad Global 7) -- buy at ABG Sundal Collier
OVS.IM (OVS) -- buy at Stifel
Data
Nikkei (1.24%) to 32103.70
Hang Seng +1.15% to 19319.28
Shanghai Composite +0.21% to 3201.95
S&P futures +1.8 vs prior close of 4289.8
€-$ (0.0006) or (0.06%) to 1.0689 $-¥ (0.46) or (0.33%) to 139.20
€-¥ (0.60) or (0.40%) to 148.76
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