Unibail sinks into green AEX | Financial

At around 2:50 pm the AEX index was 0.2% higher at 602.1 points. The AMX rose 0.3% to 876.6 points. The price signs in London (+ 0.3%), Paris (+ 0.5%) and Frankfurt (+ 0.3%) also turned green.

Wealth strategist Richard Abma (OHV) spoke of quiet stock market trading. “With the prospect of corona vaccines, the stock market remains positive,” he said. After two weeks of attractive price rises, according to the stock market strategist, shares are also still cheap if the average dividend yield of AEX funds is compared with negative interest rates.

Despite the advent of vaccines, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell warned that the US economy still has a long way to go before the corona crisis is over. “His statements put some pressure on the dollar. The crypto coins also reacted more strongly to his words than the interest rates, ”explained Abma. The bitcoin shot this morning up to $ 18,500.

On Wall Street the Dow Jones index opened 0.2% higher this afternoon. Nasdaq technology fair started 0.1% lower. In New York, Boeing was the star, because the problem aircraft 737 MAX is allowed to air again by the American regulator FAA.

Prosus at the top, Unibail at the bottom

In the AEX, the winners were led by stock market heavyweight Prosus (+ 1.9%). The technology funds were also ASMI (+ 1.7%) wanted.

Wolters Kluwer went up 1.8%. At the beginning of this week, the information supplier was still troubled by a sales advice from investment bank Goldman Sachs.

The AEX was also propelled by Royal Dutch Shell (+ 1.4%), which benefited from the higher oil price. The Nuts Group, which is for sale, could be a good entrance for Shell into the Dutch electricity market, De Telegraaf reports.

Unibail was the last in the main funds. The retail real estate fund was down 4.8% after growing 22% in the previous two days. The AFM register shows that investment bank Morgan Stanley has increased its interest in Unibail to more than 10%. By the way, the real estate fund announced in March the largest shopping center in the Netherlands to open, near The Hague.

Payment processor Adyen went back 1.4%. Investor Hans Wackwitz, who supported the Adyen founders, sold 200,000 shares with proceeds of around € 320 million. The Randstad broadcaster was written down by 1.1%.

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In the AMX was a fertilizer manufacturer OCI the leader with a plus of 2.2%. Builder BAM was raised 2%.

Air France-KLM turned an initial loss of 6% into a gain of 0.5%. The aviation group would like to raise an additional € 6 billion in additional capital, according to the French newspaper Le Monde. Bloomberg news agency also reported today that Air France is in talks with France and the Netherlands about additional state aid. The aviation group has already received a pledge of € 10.4 billion from the French and Dutch governments. According to Bloomberg, an additional € 4 billion in additional state aid could be added. This would involve € 3 billion in aid from Paris and € 1 billion from The Hague. In addition, the airline company would like to raise an amount of € 2 billion from investors by issuing loans early next year. Air France-KLM declined to comment on the reports from Bloomberg and Le Monde.

It’s noted locally JDE Peet’s became 1.8% cheaper. The shareholders’ meeting of the coffee and tea giant approved the signing bonus of € 10 million for the new CEO Fabien Simon. The Vereniging van Effectenbezitters and the trade unions were, however, critical of this for Dutch standards unprecedented high reward.

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