Tech malaise continues on Damrak | Financial

After ten minutes of trading, the AEX was 0.6% lower at 546.3 points. The AMX was down 0.5% at 798.2 points.

The other European stock markets also opened clearly lower.

This morning the mood in Asia was also depressed. The Japanese Nikkei index still performed relatively well with a 1.1% lower close.

Futures pointed to a 0.3% to 1% lower opening for the US stock markets after losing 2.8% to 5% on Thursday.

Partly due to disappointing data on the services sector in both the European Union and the United States, technology stocks fell on Thursday, which had risen sharply in recent months. Apple and Tesla, for example, lost 8% and 9% respectively on Thursday evening.

In the AEX, the tech funds also fell on Thursday and that was followed up upon opening.

The chip companies ASMI in ASML fell 3.8% and 2.2% respectively.

ABN Amro in ING went with pluses with 1.9% and 1.6% in the lead. The two major Spanish banks Caixabank and Bankia are in talks about a possible one merger.

The medium-sized supplier ended up in the chip sector Iron with a minus of 2.9% at the bottom.

GrandVision fell 1.9%. Belager EssilorLuxottica is appealing against the decision of the preliminary relief judge in Rotterdam. He previously did not think it necessary for the spectacle giant to access more information from the optical chain.

Air France KLM fell 1%. Ryanair has raised approximately € 400 million with a share issue.

JDE Peet’s, Douwe Egberts’ parent company, lost 0.1% in the local market on the announcement of a new one topman.

The maker of meat and fish processing machine Marel won 0.5%, after the announcement of a big one takeover in Germany.

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