Mar 26 ,2025
Synopsis
European equity markets are set for a mixed open. Asia equities trading higher Wednesday. Japan's main boards set to close higher while Australia also ended up. Small gains for Greater China, Taiwan and Singapore. South Korea and Indonesia's JSX best performers. US futures lower afterhours.
Focus in the UK on Chancellor Reeves delivering her spring statement in Parliament after PMQs at 12noon GMT providing an update on the Government's growth mission alongside the publication of an economic and fiscal forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). Institute for Government will provide analysis in advance and in response to the statement, whilst PwC will be among the raft of provider of commentary. Parliamentary committee topics include nitrogen at 10:00, Ukraine 10:30, workforce planning to deliver clean, secure energy 15:00 and industrial strategy 16:00.
In central banks, Riksbank publishing at 9:30CET the minutes from the last MPC meeting. Bank of France's Villeroy before the National Assembly's finance committee at 11:00CET. Bundesbank's Lienenkämper panellist at 12:30CET at Future Work Summit 2025, Theurer speech at 17:30 at event hosted by Bavarian Economic Advisory Council and Köhler-Geib speech at 18:00 at Economic Forum. SNB publishes its latest quarterly bulletin at 15:00CET. ECB's Cipollone speech at 19:00CET at Cryto Assets Conf.
On the macro front, UK Feb CPI/RPI, France Mar consumer confidence, Spain and Portugal Q4 final GDP as well as Sweden Feb trade balance are due to be released. Netherlands final Q4 GDP was revised up to +1.9% y/y from preliminary +1.8%
In earnings, DACHs region companies kicked off the session with United Internet (UTDI.GR) reporting FY EBITDA €1.29B vs FactSet €1.36B, Aroundtown (AT1.GR) out with FY FFO €0.29 per share vs FactSet €0.28 per share and Gam Holding (GAM.SW) reporting FY IFRS net income (CHF70.9M) vs year-ago (CHF82.1M). In Southern Europe, Prysmian (PRY.IM) released a CMD update targeting 2028 adjusted EBITDA between €2.95-3.15B and TERNA Rete Elettrica Nazionale (TRN.IM) reported FY net income attributable €1.06B vs FactSet €1.05B and approved an updated 2024-28 industrial plan.
Also due to report today are Porsche Automobil Holding (PAH3.GR), Hera (HER.IM), Technogym (TGYM.IM) and Pirelli & C. (PIRC.IM).
Politics/Macro/World News
Top company news
Earnings/updates
DACHs:
UTDI.GR (United Internet) -- reports FY EBITDA €1.29B vs FactSet €1.36B [11 est, €1.29-1.40B]; provides FY25 guidance & proposed dividends
1U1.GR (1&1 AG) -- confirms preliminary result 2024 and publishes forecast 2025
WAC.GR (Wacker Neuson) -- reports FY EPS €1.03 vs FactSet €1.21 [4 est, €1.09-1.42]
WSU.GR (Washtec) -- reports FY EPS €2.32 vs FactSet €2.29 [4 est, €2.23-2.37]
AT1.GR (Aroundtown) -- reports FY FFO €0.29 per share vs FactSet €0.28 per share
ODHN.SW (Orascom Development Holding) -- reports FY net income CHF87.7M ex-items vs FactSet CHF37.0M [1 est]
GAM.SW (Gam Holding) -- reports FY IFRS net income (CHF70.9M) vs year-ago (CHF82.1M)
FACC.AV (FACC) -- reports FY EPS €0.14 vs FactSet €0.21 [3 est, €0.15-0.25]
VAHN.SW (Vaudoise Assurances Holding) -- reports FY net income CHF147M vs FactSet CHF152.5M [1 est]
TIMA.GR (ZEAL Network) -- reports FY EBITDA €61.9M vs FactSet €57.5M [6 est, €57-59M]
R3NK.GR (Renk Group) -- confirms preliminary FY numbers with adj EBIT €189M, +26% vs year-ago €150M; anticipates adj EBIT of €210-235M for 2025
HHFA.GR (Hamburger Hafen und Logistik) -- confirms prelim FY results; declares € 0.16 dividend per class A share; guides FY25 EBIT in the range of € 195M to € 235M vs year-ago €134M
BIKE.GR (Bike24 Holding) -- reports FY net income (€13.6M) vs FactSet (€8.4M) [2 est, (€13)-(11.8M)]
Nordics:
MOWI.NO (Mowi) -- repeats FY25 harvest volume guidance of 530Kt in annual report
Southern Europe:
PRY.IM (Prysmian) -- targets 2028 adjusted EBITDA between €2.95-3.15B - CMD
TRN.IM (TERNA Rete Elettrica Nazionale) -- reports FY net income attributable €1.06B vs FactSet €1.05B [12 est, €1.02-1.08B]; approves updated 2024-28 industrial plan
DAN.IM (Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche) -- reports H1 net income €125.1M, +27% vs year-ago €98.8M
M&A
BWO.NO (BW Offshore) -- closes the sale of the FPSO BW Pioneer
PRY.IM (Prysmian) -- agrees to acquire Channell Commercial Corp. for a total consideration of $950M (post EU close 25-Mar)
BAKK.LN (Bakkavor Group) -- Greencore reportedly raises offer to acquire Bakkavor Group -- Bloomberg
SHEL.LN (Shell Plc) -- Shell to continue to look for potential acquisitions but warns of risks in pursuing major deal - Bloomberg
UBSG.SW (UBS Group) -- UBS offers to limit future size of investment bank and hold more capital to avert tougher Swiss regulations - Reuters
BAS.GR (BASF SE) -- BASF hires banks to advise it on potential sale of coating business - Bloomberg (25-Mar, 15:48 CET)
AAL.LN (Anglo American) -- said to start initial talks regarding potential IPO of De Beers -- Bloomberg
PSM.GR (ProSiebenSat.1 Media) -- MFE-MediaForEurope calls board meeting to review possible bid for ProSiebenSat.1 - Reuters
BAMI.IM (Banco BPM) -- investor group support plan which envisages standalone growth of the bank - Reuters
DKSH.SW (DKSH Holding) -- DKSH Technology acquires MDxK in Korea; terms undisclosed
FAE.SM (FAES Farma) -- signs contract for acquisition of Laboratorios Edol
533148.IN (JSW Energy) -- reports transaction to acquire O2 Power has become unconditional
Healthcare
ONWD.BB (Onward Medical) -- announces First-in-Human Use of ARC-IM Lumbar Lead Designed to Restore Standing, Stepping, and Lower Limb Mobility
GSK.LN (GSK Plc) -- GSK plans US commercial launch of Blujepa in 2H'25
SAN.FP (Sanofi) -- FDA grants fast track designation to Sanofi's mRNA vaccine candidate for the prevention of chlamydia infection
GMAB.DC (Genmab) -- announces initiation of share buy-back program for up to 2.2M shares
FRE.GR (Fresenius) -- FDA approves Fresenius Kabi's biosimilars of Prolia and Xgeva; launch expected in H2 2025
IPH.FP (Innate Pharma) -- announces abstract regarding IPH4502 selected for AACR Annual Meeting 2025; CEO Dickinson to give an update on Innate's pipeline and strategy
BGBIO.NO (BerGenBio) -- announces Nature Communications Publication of BGBC003 Ph2 data in relapsed/refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia patients
CANTA.SS (Cantargia) --
to present preclinical results on a novel IL1RAP-targeting antibody-drug conjugate at AACR 2025
publishes abstract on parallel anti-tumor activity and reduction of chemotherapy-induced neuropathy with nadunolimab
Other
ALBPS.FP (Biophytis) -- completes €2.6M private placement
DNO.NO (DNO) -- announces an important oil and gas discovery in Northern North Sea license PL1182 S
ALLFG.NA (Allfunds Group) -- announce that Ares Management Corp has joined the Allfunds Private Partners (APP) program
ELI.BB (Elia Group) -- launches public offering of max €1.35B, through issuance of max 21.8M new ordinary shares at issue price of €61.88 per share
IBE.SM (Iberdrola) -- resolves to carry out a buy-back program
MOWI.NO (Mowi) -- releases sustainability report
TIETO.FH (Tietoevry) -- announces distribution of €0.75 per share dividend
PRS.SM (Promotora de Informaciones) -- announces €20.8M capital increase through accelerated bookbuild offering
Alibaba, BMW expand strategic partnership in China with integration of Alibaba's Qwen LLM into BMW's Neue Klasse models
TechnipFMC awarded "major" iEPCI contract for Shell's Gato do Mato development offshore Brazil
Key rating changes
Upgrades
Erste Group upgrades MOL.HB, OMV.AV; downgrades SNG.RO
MIPS.SS (MIPS) -- buy from hold at SEB
Goldman Sachs upgrades GYC.GR, HMSO.LN; downgrades COL.SM, SUPR.LN
EXO.NA (EXOR) -- to outperform from neutral at BNP Paribas Exane
ISP.IM (Intesa Sanpaolo) -- to outperform from neutral at BNP Paribas Exane
LAGR.B.SS (Lagercrantz Group) -- short-term recommendation upgraded to buy from hold at Handelsbanken
OCDO.LN (Ocado Group) -- to overweight from neutral at JPMorgan
XVIVO.SS (Xvivo Perfusion) -- to buy from hold at Pareto
Downgrades
SWED.A.SS (Swedbank) -- underperform from neutral at Autonomous Research
JDW.LN (JD Wetherspoon) -- sell from hold at Deutsche Numis
DOU.GR (Douglas) -- neutral from buy at UBS
MT.NA (ArcelorMittal) -- to hold from buy at Jefferies
SW.FP (Sodexo) -- to neutral from buy at Goldman Sachs
WRT1V.FH (Wartsila) -- to hold from buy at Pareto
AGS.BB (Ageas) -- to hold from buy at HSBC
TIETO.FH (Tietoevry) -- to equal-weight from overweight at Morgan Stanley
Initiations
FERGR.NA (Ferrari Group) - outperform at Oddo
ADDT.B.SS (Addtech) -- hold at Kepler Cheuvreux
Data
Nikkei +0.65% to 38027.29
Hang Seng +0.29% to 23410.89
Shanghai Composite +0.01% to 3370.40
S&P futures (7.0) vs prior close of 5826.5
€-$ (0.0005) or (0.05%) to 1.0787
$-¥ +0.57 or +0.38% to 150.48
€-¥ +0.53 or +0.33% to 162.30
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