AEX is approaching 600 points again | Financial

A little after eleven hours, the AEX was 0.5% higher at 599.1 points. On Thursday, the stock market indicator experienced the largest decline in a few weeks with a minus of 0.8%. The AMX rose 0.4% to 874.3 points.

The other European stock markets also partly recovered from the dip a day earlier. The UK FTSE 100, German DAX and French CAC 40 climbed 0.6%, 0.4% and 0.6% respectively.

Index futures pointed to a flat to slightly lower US stock market opening after Thursday had been quite positive.

This morning the fluctuations remained on the Asian scholarships limited. The Japanese Nikkei index closed 0.4% lower.

Reports that a new crisis support package will be negotiated in Washington gave investors courage. The persistently high number of corona infections, especially in the US, prevented them from stocking up too heavily. The disagreement between US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and central bank president Jerome Powell over how to spend part of the emergency package did not help sentiment either.

The Dutch main funds went Prosus with a profit of 2.2% in the lead. The tech investor will come out with quarterly figures on Monday morning.

Steel giant ArcelorMittal in Shell followed with pluses of 2% and 1.5% respectively.

Unilever took 0.2%. The food and detergent maker will be removed from the S&P Europe 350 at the end of this month as it becomes a wholly British company on paper.

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield rose a modest 0.1% following a boost to buy advice by Swiss bank UBS. On Thursday, the retail real estate fund still fell sharply after a change of CEO was announced.

The supplier to the chip sector ASMI was at the bottom with a minus of 1.4%.

With the medium-sized funds Air France KLM with a gain of 2.2% at the top.

Altice Europe rose 0.6% to € 4.28, further distancing itself from the offer of € 4.11 per share that founder and major shareholder Drahi made for the remaining shares. The cable and telecom company managed to boost its results slightly again in the third quarter despite the corona crisis.

Fastned climbed 1.8% in the local market. The operator of fast charging stations for electric cars has raised more than € 17 million with the issue of bonds.

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