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BANKIA, TO FOLLOW MADRID EXCHANGE
PARIS (Reuters) – Values to follow on Tuesday at the Paris Stock Exchange and in Europe where the futures on the benchmarks signal an opening up:
* KERING on Tuesday released new record annual results, again boosted by the hyper-growth of Gucci, its main profit center. The luxury group saw its sales rise 26.3% to 13.67 billion euros in 2018, in line with the 13.63 billion consensus established by Infront Data for Reuters, signing a jump of 29.4% at constant exchange rates, after a surge of 34% in 2017.
* MICHELIN reported Monday a turnover and operating income slightly above expectations in 2018 despite a heavy currency effect, the decline in the Chinese market and the impact of the announced closure of a plant in Scotland.
* RENAULT – Jean-Dominique Senard, chairman of the group, confirmed Monday that he would soon visit Japan to discuss links with Nissan and restore confidence in an alliance weakened by the Ghosn affair.
* THYSSENKRUPP reported Tuesday a 26% decline in operating income in the first quarter and the German industrial conglomerate warned that the global macroeconomic environment, a key driver for demand for its products, darkened.
* TUI announced Tuesday a widening of its current operating loss in the first quarter of the 2018-2019 financial year, the first European tour operator publishing its quarterly data a few days after having warned about its annual results.
* COFACE on Monday published an annual net profit up 47% to 122.3 million euros, for a turnover of 1.385 billion, up 4.6% at constant scope and exchange rates.
* MARIE BRIZARD WINE AND SPIRITS + published Monday a turnover down 6.2% in the fourth quarter of 2018 to 99.5 million euros.
* GETLINK announced Monday a 2% increase in January traffic of pbadenger shuttles in the Channel Tunnel to 155,028 cars and a 1% increase of the traffic of trucks to the record of 145,960 vehicles.
* IAG, the parent company of British Airways and Iberia, announced Monday night that it would maintain at the current level of 47.5% the share of its capital that can be held by non-European investors in order to maintain its status of European group of airlines.
* VONTOBEL reported Tuesday an annual adjusted profit up 14% thanks to five billion francs (4.4 billion euros) of fresh money from customers of the private bank.
* RANDSTAD, world number two of the temporary employment, published Tuesday results very close to the expectations of the badysts.
* BANKIA – Jefferies degrades its recommendation to "underperform" against "keep" and lowers the target price to 2.10 euros against 2.60 euros.
(Markets Service)
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