Jul 11 ,2025
Synopsis
European indices are set to open lower as Asian indices trade mostly higher.
President Trump ramped up trade tensions after announcing 35% tariff on Canada from 1-Aug, separate from sectoral levies. Speaking on NBC News, Trump also foreshadowed tariff letter to EU and potential blanket tariffs of 15% or 20% (vs current 10% baseline).
US equities finished higher in Thursday trading, ending a bit off best levels. S&P 500 and Nasdaq set fresh record closing highs
Friday sees, in central banks, Bank of Italy's Panetta speech at 10:00CET at Assembly of Members of the Italian Banking Assn (ABI), the central bank also releasing its latest economic bulletin. ECB's Cipollone panellist at 13:30CET at Ukraine Recovery Conf.
Economic: Germany Jun final CPI, UK May construction output, industrial/manufacturing production, trade balance, Jun FSP tracker - NIESR, France Jun final CPI, Switzerland Jun consumer confidence - SECO, Norway Jun trade balance
Earnings reports so far: (PNDX.B.SS) Pandox, (VAR.NO) Vår Energ, (AKBM.NO) Aker BioMarine, (AKSO.NO) Aker Solutions, (ARJO.B.SS) Arjo, (AXFO.SS) Axfood, (NAS.NO) Norwegian Air Shuttle, (STB.NO) Storebrand, (GJF.NO) Gjensidige Forsikring,
,(ELK.NO) Elkem On today's agenda
Politics/Macro/World News
Top company news
Earnings/updates
BC.IM (Brunello Cucinelli) -- reports H1 revenue €684.0M vs FactSet €680.8M [4 est, €679.8-682.5M]
FRA.GR (Fraport) -- reports June Frankfurt Airport traffic statistics: passengers 5.79M, +2.9y/y
FHZN.SW (Flughafen Zuerich) -- reports June traffic statistics
NAS.NO (Norwegian Air Shuttle) -- reports Q2 net income NOK931.5M vs FactSet NOK872.1M [5 est, NOK803-984M]
EMSN.SW (EMS-Chemie Holding) -- reports H1 revenue CHF1.02B, (6%) vs year-ago CHF1.09B
AXFO.SS (Axfood) -- reports Q2 adjusted EPS SEK2.94 vs FactSet SEK2.96 [5 est, SEK2.80-3.21]
KOF.FP (Kaufman & Broad) -- reports Q2 EPS €0.58 vs year-ago €0.50
PROT.NO (Protector Forsikring) -- reports Q2 net income NOK716M vs FactSet NOK619.5M [4 est, NOK513-687M]
PROT.NO (Protector Forsikring) -- Follow-up: Protector Forsikring reports Q2 results; to distribute NOK 2.00/sh dividend
ALTHX.FP (Theranexus) -- reports total available funds €2.1 M as of 30-June-25 vs €2.9 M on 31-March-24
KIT.NO (Kitron) -- reports Q2 EPS €0.05 vs FactSet €0.05 [4 est, €0.04-0.05]; upgrades FY guidance
M&A
BBOX.LN (Tritax Big Box REIT) -- BBOX is considering its options following the announcement by Wapping Bidco Ltd on 10-Jul-25, detailing an increased cash offer
BPSO.IM (Banca Popolare di Sondrio) -- BPER Banca crosses the minimum threshold condition in respect of offer from Banca Popolare di Sondrio; currently will hold ~36% (post EU close 10-Jul)
GEKTERNA.GA (GEK Terna) -- and Motor Oil agree to merger electricity and natural gas supply and generation activities in 50:50 JV (post EU close 10-Jul)
CA.FP (Carrefour) -- to sell 9 stores in France for €70M
ISM (Indra Sistemas) -- Due to conflicts of interest, Indra board delays decision on approving purchase of EM&E - El Mundo
INVE.B.SS (Investor) -- completes acquisition of Nova Biomedical
OXUR.BB (Oxurion) -- announces fulfilment of second condition precedent in acquisition of 72% of Axiodis CRO by its French subsidiary
ARISE.SS (Arise) -- independent bid committee unanimously recommends shareholders not to accept cash-based mandatory public offer by the CA Group
COXG.SM (Cox ABG Group) -- discloses execution of capital increase relating to previously announced share exchange
Healthcare
AZN.LN (AstraZeneca) -- Eolas Therapeutics (private) regains rights to clinical-stage treatment for opioid use disorder (8:00ET)
NOVN.SW (Novartis) -- and pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance achieve agreement on public reimbursement of Cosentyx for hidradenitis suppurativa (HS)
GSK.LN (GSK Plc) -- Delaware Supreme Court reverses lower court decision to allow expert testimony that linked Zantac to cancer -- Bloomberg
BAYN.GR (Bayer AG) -- Bayer receives first approval worldwide for Lynkuet (elinzanetant) in the UK as treatment of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause
Other
IBE.SM (Iberdrola) -- and Masdar enter into €5.2B UK offshore wind deal
TE.FP (Technip Energies) -- has been awarded a large contract to perform preliminary activities for a Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) unit in Africa
Intraday themes include EU proposes fewer required datapoints under CSRD and TVA advanced reactor closer to approval (10-Jul)
Regional Gaming Revenues - New York Sports Betting June 2025
Key rating changes
Upgrades
JUP.LN (Jupiter Fund Management) -- to equal-weight from underweight at Morgan Stanley
NEX.FP (Nexans) -- to buy from neutral at Goldman Sachs
Downgrades
WRT1V.FH (Wartsila) -- to hold from buy at Kepler Cheuvreux
Initiations
SGE.LN (Sage Group) -- outperform at Oddo
Other Actions
AV.LN (Aviva) -- resumed overweight at Morgan Stanley
LMP.LN (LondonMetric Property) -- reinstated overweight at Barclays
Data
Nikkei +0.04% to 39661.68
Hang Seng +1.71% to 24439.03
Shanghai Composite +0.87% to 3540.39
S&P futures (14.8) vs prior close of 6324.3
€-$ (0.0016) or (0.14%) to 1.1686
$-¥ +0.63 or +0.43% to 146.88
€-¥ +0.52 or +0.30% to 171.63
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