Every morning, the Zonebourse team identifies and summarizes the significant information concerning listed companies around the world, to have the main news at the start of the trading day. The content includes one part on France and the other on the main international markets, in particular American companies and those from major European markets (UK, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain) and Asia-Pacific.
In France
Important announcements (and less important… I should point out that the information is given immediately before the opening and does not prejudge the color of the shares during the session)
- Vivendi shareholders vote on the split today, with one vote per spun-off entity and a two-thirds majority required for the first two splits.
- UniCredit ready to discuss Banco BPM with Crédit Agricole, which holds nearly 15.1% of the capital.
- Stellantis intends to return to the European automobile lobby.
- Alstom will supply 35 additional RER NG trainsets for the RER E line of the Île-de-France Mobilités network.
- Sanofi's rilzabrutinib for ITP showed positive results in the Phase III Luna 3 study.
- Allianz and Amundi have stopped discussions on the merger of their asset management activities.
- JCDecaux wins the contract for bus shelters in Rome in Italy.
- BioMérieux authorized to market its test for tropical fevers in the United States.
- Axway becomes 74Software (the mnemonic will change to “74SW” on December 12).
- Clariane obtains the renewal of its revolving credit line of €492.5 million for 6 months.
- Atos fell 98%, to less than a euro cent, on Friday (surprise!).
- Ekosport, supported by IDI, accelerates its European expansion with the acquisition of Dutch pure-player SkiWebShop.
- Spineway has changed its financial director.
- Crossject and the US Department of Defense are resuming their cooperation on research on needle-free auto-injectors.
- The main publications of the day : Poxel… The rest here.
In the big world
Important (and not so important) announcements
D’Europe
- Generali hopes to reach a preliminary agreement on the main terms of an asset management deal with Natixis IM before its investor day on January 30, 2025, Bloomberg reported.
- CVC has its sights set on CompuGroup, according to Bloomberg.
- Boliden acquires the Neves-Corvo mines in Portugal and Zinkgruvan in Sweden from Lundin Mining for $1.3 billion.
- Volkswagen and its employees clash in the latest round of negotiations over factory closures.
- Equinor is withdrawing from Nigeria by selling its assets to the public company Chappal Energies for $1.2 billion.
- AstraZeneca announced positive results from its Phase 3 trial of a new combination formulation for the treatment of leukemia.
- Bâloise appoints the representative of an activist investor to the board of directors.
- The acquisition of Catalent by Novo Holdings (holding company of Novo Nordisk) receives the antitrust green light from the EU.
- Genmab's Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Antibody Shows High Phase Ib/2 Response Rates.
- The main publications of the day : nothing…
From North America
- Omnicom and The Interpublic are discussing a merger, according to Bloomberg.
- Boeing's top lobbyist is leaving the plane maker.
- Super Micro Computer gets additional time to file its delayed annual report.
- Palantir and Anduril sign a partnership for AI training in the field of defense.
- Newmont is selling its Cripple Creek & Victor operation in Colorado to SSR Mining for up to $275 million.
- Chevron CEO says there have been no discussions with President-elect Trump on Venezuela.
- The main publications of the day : nothing…
From Asia Pacific and beyond
- BYD is on pace to exceed its 2024 sales target, and could even surpass Ford and Honda in terms of sales figures.
- VinFast (Vingroup) will build a second production plant in Vietnam.
- Kioxia launches its IPO at 1,455 yen per share.
- Xiaomi plans to launch a third vehicle model in 2026.
- Sonic Healthcare buys a German laboratory for 423 million euros.
- The main publications of the day : …
The rest of the global publications calendar here.
Lectures
France