Live from the markets: Airbus shows its muscles, things are moving at Ubisoft and Prada is eyeing Versace

Live from the markets: Airbus shows its muscles, things are moving at Ubisoft and Prada is eyeing Versace
Live from the markets: Airbus shows its muscles, things are moving at Ubisoft and Prada is eyeing Versace

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 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)

  • Airbus delivered 766 aircraft in 2024, for 826 net orders.
  • Saint-Gobain has no plans to sell its automotive glass branch, assures its CEO.
  • Safran is launching its share buyback program with a first tranche of €350 million out of a total of €5 billion by 2028.
  • TotalEnergies will pay $5 million to settle the FERC natural gas manipulation case in the United States.
  • Spie launches its share buyback program.
  • Ubisoft announces that it is considering a capital change, alongside the announcement of a new postponement of the next opus of Assassin’s Creed.
  • Ipsos has obtained a long-term credit rating of Baa3 from Moody’s and BBB from Fitch.
  • Viridien improves its performance in 2024 and targets $100 million in net cash generation this year.
  • Bilendi is launching a panel in the United States as part of its expansion strategy.
  • Abivax recruited 1000 patients to test its product against ulcerative colitis.
  • Hydrogen Refueling Solutions installs a recharging station in Saudi Arabia.
  • Innate Pharma presents its new strategy.
  • Ikonisys repays part of the Cambria debt by offsetting debt via funds obtained from a reserved capital increase.
  • Hopium is seeking to complete alternative financing, due to a lack of sufficient guarantees for a traditional capital increase.
  • The main publications of the day : Upergy… The rest here.

In the big world

Important (and not so important) announcements

D’Europe

  • BBVA has modified its hostile takeover bid for Banco de Sabadell, now targeting the number of shares that would allow it to acquire at least more than half of the effective voting rights, instead of 50.1% of the share capital as initially planned. .
  • Delfin, holding company of the Del Vecchio family, increased its participation in Banca Monte dei Paschi from 3.5% to 9.78%.

  • Volkswagen aims to reduce labor costs in the long term through a new salary structure.
  • Prada plans to buy Versace from Capri Holdings, according to Il Sole 24 ore.
  • Several companies have expressed interest in a possible partnership with ThyssenKrupp’s TKMS marine division, following rumors of interest from Deutz, Luerssen and Rheinmetall.

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  • GSK’s new pre-filled syringe for shingles vaccine receives FDA green light for review.

  • Warehouses de Pauw buys the former Renault site in Vilvoorde for €100 million.
  • Holcim appoints President Jan Jenisch as CEO and president of the North American subsidiary.
  • J Sainsbury’s sales rise 2.8% in Christmas quarter.

  • Ambu raises his forecasts.
  • Skanska wins a 40 million euro contract to modernize Slovak stations.
  • Shell and Chevron launch production from the Whale platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
  • The main publications of the day : J Sainsbury, Bang & Olufsen…

From North America

From Asia Pacific and beyond

The rest of the global publications calendar here.

Lectures

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