ASML, Akzo and TomTom color Damrak | Financial

The AEX index was around 1.1% in the most at 565.8 points around 3 pm. The Midkap index rose 1.1% to 784.8 points.

Frankfurt and Paris gained 0.7% and 0.5% respectively, London dropped by a fraction. The British inflation rate remained stable at 2.3%, the British pound fell to its lowest level for ten months

The euro rose to 1.1624 dollar (-0.3 %) versus the dollar, Brent oil lost 0.4% to 71.85 per barrel. Inflation in Europe has reached 2%, helped by energy prices, and thus reaches the level set by the ECB.

Wall Street made a profit Tuesday night. The Fed Chairman's statement, Jerome Powell, that a gradual rise in interest rates matches the development of the US economy sets the tone.

This afternoon, Powell speaks again, now for the House of Representatives. The dollar index then gained value at the highest point in four weeks. US presidential adviser Kudlow called a 4% growth "for a quarter or two."

The Dow Jones futures for opening Dow trade are 0.2% higher. The US housing figure in June was late, the number of building permits also dominated sentiment.

The market is looking forward to quarterly figures from Alcoa, IBM, American Express and eBay. Investment bank Morgan Stanley reported 43% more quarterly revenue, while Google received the biggest fine in Brussels (4.3 billion euros) due to unfair competition and appealed.

Controlled Trade Conflict

According to Justin Blekemolen, an analyst at Lynx, ASML gave the ASML an excellent kick off of the digital season, the push to push the "big time". AEX closer to the year just above 572 points. The road is free for a 600 point breakthrough. OHV Vermogensbeheer considers the possibility of a realistic summer "holiday camp".

Blekemolen: "The enthusiasm aroused, inter alia, by the results of the ASML has raised concerns about the trade dispute between America and China in the rear. plan. In addition, the focus will be on the major US technology funds, such as Apple and Facebook, next week. "

In the AEX, ASML Fronts launched the Dutch digital season with a well received report on the second quarter.The share rose by 6.1% in response and remained there The NIBC was optimistic about its prospects

AkzoNobel also managed to cope with the performance of the previous quarter despite a drop in sales.The price of the paint manufacturer is 2.4%. According to KBC analysts, AkzoNobel's profitability was better than expected, corrected for one-time items, such as the separation of the chemical branch.

Staalmaker Arcelor Mittal also performed well business with an increase of 2.6% For the chemical company DSM investors had 0.8% more Unilever who opens the books Thursday, was worth 0.9% more [19659002] Heavyweight Shell (-0.4%) and [194590] 07] ING (-0.7%) kept the AEX back.

TomTom in the recovery

Midkapper SBM Offshore scribbled 3.8% after the price bump of a day earlier in response to an adjusted analysis report of Bernstein. TomTom continues on the road with a more than 5%, relying on the good results of the day before. Besi progressed slightly in recovery with 2.9%. Ingenieursbureau Arcadis fell down with a loss of 1.3%.

On Thursday, New Sources Energy's trading will resume. This business has been closed since March

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