Aegon continues to fall on red AEX | Financial

At around 9.30 am the AEX index was 0.7% lower at 566.1 points. The AMX fell 0.8% to 806.4 points. The price signs in London (-0.6%), Paris (-0.7%) and Paris (-0.4%) also turned red.

Elsewhere, the stock markets showed a mixed picture. The Japanese Nikkei index closed 0.2% higher this morning. On Wall Street the Dow Jones index ended 0.3% in the red. Network giant Cisco made a price drop of more than 11% after disappointing quarterly figures. Tech exchange Nasdaq went up 0.3% on the day. The stock markets in New York are expected to open almost flat this afternoon.

Investors are still awaiting the extension of the bailout package for Americans affected by the corona crisis. No fewer than 322,000 jobs were lost in the Netherlands in the past quarter. This morning also showed that the Dutch economy in the past quarter shrunk by 8.5%.

In the AEX went Just Eat Takeaway in the lead with a plus of 1.9%. The half-year figures of the meal delivery company fell this week to the taste of investors. Telecom concern KPN became worth 0.2% more.

Aegon (-3.5%) was the biggest loser among the main funds. The insurer also lost more than 15% on Thursday worse than expected quarterly results.

Real estate fund Unibail dropped 2.4%. Steelmaker ArcelorMittal lost 1.8%. The AEX was also depressed by stock market heavyweight Royal Dutch Shell (-1,2%).

In de AMX was PostNL the big winner with an increase of 1.8% to € 2.46. Asset manager Jefferies increased its target price for the mail and parcel deliverer from € 1.80 to € 2.60 with an unchanged ‘keep’ advice.

Flow Traders plus 1%. The trading house benefited again in the second quarter from increased trading volumes due to turmoil in the financial markets during the corona crisis. Well that was benefit considerably less than in the first three months of the year, when the major price drop in March caused many additional trade movements.

Aviation concern Air France KLM (-4%) was the largest drop in medium-sized funds. Fertilizer manufacturer OCI fell 2.8%.

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