AEX dips below 545 points, tech on sale | Financial

The AEX index recorded around 10 a.m., after Monday’s 1.3% gain, 0.3% lower at 545.8 points. The AMX index was then 0.2% lower at 799.1 points.

Elsewhere in Europe, the UK FTSE 100 fell 0.5%, the German DAX index lost 0.3%, and the French CAC 40 fell 0.6%.

The first futures to open the New York stock markets at 3:30 pm are up 0.7% for the Dow Jones index, 0.5% for the S&P 500. The Nasdaq is down slightly after 3.2% decline from Friday. Monday, Wall Street was closed for Labor Day.

The corona virus was unabated. India is the worst hit now, with another 1,133 dead and 75,800 infections on Monday. Globally, 27.3 million people are infected, of which 6.3 million are in the US, according to the Johns Hopkins Institute. A total of 892,443 people died

Setbacks came from Asia. Japan’s latest GDP figure about you fell by 28.1%, compared to 27.8%. In Tokyo the Nikkei closed 0.8% higher. The Hangseng Index gained 0.3%, Shanghai was up 0.6%.

The euro advanced slightly to $ 1.18174. The British pound pulled 0.3% lower against the US dollar and fell to € 1.11308. British Prime Minister Johnson is threatening Brussels with a hard Brexit, leaving the EU without a trade agreement.

Brent oil became 0.2% cheaper at $ 41.90. The yield for 10-year US Treasuries was sharply higher at 0.722%.

ASMI at the top again

Went to the main funds ING with 1.7% in the lead. Real estate fund Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield rose 1.3%. ABN Amro followed with NN Group with 0.6% profit.

Payment processor noted at the bottom Adyen 2.2% loss. Semiconductors ASMI lost 1.8% and ASMI 1,7%. Just Eat Takeaway lost 1% and Galapagos 1,4%.

Telecom company KPN (+ 0.2%) reported to have raised € 600 million with the issuance of Eurobonds. The loans were placed with a wide range of institutional investors.

At the medium-sized funds led lighting company Signify (+ 1.9%) on the claim that it has achieved global carbon neutrality for all of the company’s activities. Boskalis Westminster rose 1.2% behind it.

Chip supplier headed to the Midcap bottom Iron with 3.2% loss.

Payment service provider Ease2pay (+5,7%) reported on Monday after the market that it had suffered a smaller loss in the first half of the year than a year earlier, while turnover fell.

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