Sep 02 ,2025
Synopsis
European equity markets set to open mixed to lower as Asian equities also mixed Tuesday. Losses intensifying in mainland China following August rally that spurred bubble discussions. Korea rebounding from Monday's tech-led sell-off. Mild gain in Japan while Australia and Taiwan indexes slightly lower. S&P 500 futures flat before US markets resume trade Tuesday. Bonds weakening with Treasury and JGB curves steepening. Dollar strongest against yen, steady elsewhere. Gold trading at record with silver at 14-year high amid Fed rate cut expectations. Crude firming towards one-week high. Bitcoin rebounding from two-month low.
On today's agenda, Chancellor Merz hosts Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter, with joint press conf scheduled in the afternoon and UK parliamentary committee topics include small business strategy at 14:30BST. Norway's PM Støre participates in party leadership debate at 20:00CET on NRK. In political developments, UK PM Starmer yesterday announced a major shake-up of his top team in Downing Street, bringing in officials with economic and Treasury experience ahead of a likely challenging autumn budget (BBC, FT, London Times). Some government figures are interpreting the changes as Starmer wanting to take a big role in discussions in the run-up to the budget.
In central banks, Latvia central bank's Kazāka interview on TV3 "900 seconds" and Bitāns participates in the Latvian Radio program "Krustpunktā". Bank of Greece's Stournaras addresses a financial education workshop at 9:00CET. ECB's Elderson chairs panel at 13:30CET at ECB Legal Conf. includes ECB's Machado. Bundesbank's Nagel speech at 18:00CET at event at bank's offices in Chemnitz.
Macroeconomic updates include: Spain Aug unemployment change, Italy Jul PPI, Eurozone Aug preliminary CPI, Switzerland Jul retail sales, Netherlands Aug preliminary CPI, Finland Aug preliminary HICP, Austria Aug preliminary CPI
In corporate news, Partners Group Holding (PGHN.SW) reported H1 earnings including net income CHF578M vs consensus CHF570M; brings forward guidance to 2025 for performance fees to account for 25-40% of total revenues. Yesterday after the close SMA Solar Technology (S92.GR) provided new guidance of FY EBITDA (€80M)-(€30M) vs prior guidance €70-80M and FactSet €71.2M. InPost (INPST.NA) also posted its latest numbers whilst dormakaba Holding (DOKA.SW) is out with FY earnings.
CMD/events: Coloplast (COLO.B.DC), Taaleri (TAALA.FH), PVA TePla (TPE.GR)
Politics/Macro/World News
Starmer freezes out Reeves in No 10 reset - The Telegraph
Ukraine backers to discuss post-war guarantees at Thursday summit - Reuters
French Far Right Builds Momentum as Premier Heads Toward Exit - Bloomberg
Netherlands Aug Preliminary CPI +2.8% y/y vs consensus +2.9% and prior +2.9%
Finland Aug preliminary HICP +2.2% y/y vs consensus +2.0% and prior +2.0%
Top company news
Earnings/updates
PGHN.SW (Partners Group Holding) -- reports H1 net income CHF578M vs consensus CHF570M; brings forward guidance to 2025 for performance fees to account for 25-40% of total revenues
S92.GR (SMA Solar Technology) -- guides FY EBITDA (€80M)-(€30M) vs prior guidance €70-80M and FactSet €71.2M [7 est, €66.9-77M]
INPST.NA (InPost) -- reports Q2 EPS PLN0.28 vs FactSet PLN0.69 [3 est, PLN0.65-0.76]
DOKA.SW (dormakaba Holding) -- reports FY net income attributable CHF97.9M vs FactSet CHF113.4M [7 est, CHF83.4-181.5M], proposes dividend +15% y/y, share split
ONWD.BB (Onward Medical) -- reports H1 net loss (€21.2M) vs year-ago (€18.3M); on track to meet its sales target for Q3
M&A
ML.FP (Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SA) -- Michelin completes divestment of its bias tires and tracks for compact construction equipment activities
GIVN.SW (Givaudan) -- completes previously announced acquisition of majority stake in Vollmens Fragrances; terms undisclosed
DKSH.SW (DKSH Holding) -- DKSH to acquire Aston Chemicals Ltd operating in the UK and Poland
BWLPG.NO (BW LPG) -- subsidiary India enters into agreement to sell BW Lord for net cash proceeds $61M
DEZ.GR (Deutz AG) -- acquires SOBEK Group at ~11x FY25 EBITDA multiple
TXGN.SW (TX Group) -- will not sell any of its shares in SMG Swiss Marketplace Group IPO
GRE.SM (Grenergy Renovables) -- agrees to sell phase 4 of the Oasis Atacama project (272MW + 1.1GWh) in northern Chile
ITH.LN (Ithaca Energy) -- DKL Energy Limited and Eni UK Limited announce their intention to sell, in aggregate, ~33M ordinary shares of Ithaca Energy
AKH.NO (Aker Horizons) -- provides update on merger with Aker
Healthcare
IDIA.SW (Idorsia) -- has eight poster presentations at World Sleep 2025
PHARM.NA (Pharming Group) -- names Kenneth Lynard CFO, effective 1-Oct
OXUR.BB (Oxurion) -- confirms progress in negotiations related to its treasury diversification strategy; closing of the transaction expected before 25-Sep
Other
NESN.SW (Nestle) -- CEO Laurent Freixe dismissed with immediate effect.
PSM.GR (ProSiebenSat.1 Media) -- extends contract with Group CFO Martin Mildner until 2029
WIZZ.LN (Wizz Air Holdings) -- Wizz Air seeking deal to accelerate servicing of its engines - Reuters
Key rating changes
Upgrades
CON.GR (Continental) -- to neutral from underperform at Oddo
SU.FP (Schneider Electric) -- to buy from hold at Deutsche Bank
Downgrades
BATS.LN (British American Tobacco) -- to underperform from sector perform at RBC Capital Markets
FME.GR (Fresenius Medical Care) -- to sell at UBS
SIE.GR (Siemens AG) -- to market perform from outperform at Bernstein
Data
Nikkei (0.15%) to 42123.91
Hang Seng (0.64%) to 25454.23
Shanghai Composite (1.07%) to 3834.14
S&P futures (7.5) vs prior close of 6472.8
€-$ (0.0019) or (0.16%) to 1.1692
$-¥ +0.70 or +0.48% to 147.88
€-¥ +0.54 or +0.31% to 172.91
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