The AEX index, which closed just above 600 points on Thursday, recorded a 0.2% gain at 601.5 points around 11 am. The AMX was then worth 0.3% more at 861.6 points and the AScX 1.4% on Friday the 13th.
According to data from analyst Corné van Zeijl of Actiam, that date is, contrary to the myth, not an unlucky day for investors: on average, they made a profit on this day in recent years.
Statistics Netherlands reported 7.7% quarter-on-quarter growth for the Dutch economy for the months of July, August and September, the strongest increase ever.
Elsewhere in Europe, the German DAX, the French CAC 40 had small gains, the British FTSE 100 recorded a 0.3% loss after a fuss within Prime Minister Johnson’s cabinet.
Fear of corona
Italy reported the highest number of corona infections since March. Spain and Germany, which also have records in infections, reported that restrictions will not be lifted for the time being.
Tokyo’s Nikkei fell 0.5% over the weekend, but Nissan gained 8.8%. The car manufacturer foresees more sales.
On Wall Street, the Dow Jones index closed with a 1.1% loss at 29,080 points. Walt disney reported the first loss in 40 years, but closed higher – the performance of streaming service Disney Plus performed better than expected with 73 million subscribers.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell explicitly warned markets on Thursday of harsh consequences of the rebound in the number of corona infections to a US record. Lockdowns of companies in the largest economy cannot be ruled out.
President Trump signed a decree that bans US from investing in China Telecom or China Mobil from January 11. They must get rid of their investments. ByteDance was previously forced by decree to sell the Chinese app TikTok.
Futures for the US stock market opening at 3:30 pm are mixed: slight downturn for the Dow, but up to 0.5% gains for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq index.
Brent oil lost 1% to $ 43 a barrel. The euro strengthened slightly to $ 1.1814.
Unibail downer
In the main funds became a meal deliverer Just Eat Takeaway leader at 2% profit.
Chipmachinemaker ASML became worth 1.5% more, sector colleague ASMI lasted (+ 1.6%).
Broadcast giant Randstad became worth 1.5% more.
Financial institutions like ABN Amro (+ 0.2%) in ING (+ 0.2%) made up for their morning loss. ASR rose 0.5% like NN Group.
Retail real estate fund Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield recovered after a 4% loss to -0.5%. It may be waiting for its credit rating to drop, according to credit rating agency Moody’s. Moody’s refers to the abandonment of the planned € 3.5 billion share issue after shareholder opposition.
Energy company Shell lost 0.6%.
KPN (-0.6%) responded to no takeover announcements. The Swedish investment company EQT of the Wallenberg family would be particularly interested in KPN’s network. EQT has been the owner of the Dutch telecom company Delta Fiber since 2017. Its director Marco Visser, from KPN, previously called the merger of KPN and Delta ‘one of the obvious options’.
Besi directs Midkap
Chip supplier Iron won 3.5% in medium-sized funds.
Air France KLM was repurchased to 1.4% exchange rate gain.
Real estate fund Eurocommercial Properties was at the bottom due to a 0.9% exchange rate loss, while SBM Offshore 1.4% left.
Biopharmaceutical Kiadis Pharma (+0,3%) presented five new studies for drugs for different forms of leukemia.
Healthcare real estate company Aedifica (+ 0.2%) increased its rental income by 35% to € 47.3 million last quarter, after all of its healthcare buildings remain open thanks to strict protective measures.
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