Markt snapshot Europa 3 mei

GLOBAL TOP NEWS
The Group of Seven richest countries will look at a proposal to build a rapid response mechanism to counter Russian "propaganda" and disinformation, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told Reuters.

Warren Buffett said on Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway is being lifted by a U.S. economy faring far better than he predicted early in the coronavirus pandemic, though investor euphoria is making it hard to deploy cash.

India reported more than 300,000 new coronavirus cases for a 12th straight day, taking its overall caseload to just shy of 20 million, while deaths from COVID-19 rose by 3,417.


EUROPEAN COMPANY NEWS
KPN NV has rejected unsolicited takeover offers from a private equity consortium comprising EQT AB and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners and another from U.S. investment firm KKR, the Dutch telecommunications company said on Sunday.

Mobile operator Vodafone Group and Alphabet's Google Cloud entered a strategic partnership to jointly develop data services, Vodafone said on Sunday.

Australian gas producer Santos said it will explore sharing infrastructure to develop gas fields around the Barossa and Evans Shoal projects with Italian energy group Eni SpA.


TODAY'S COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Ocean Sun AS Q1 2021 Earnings Call
Qiagen NV Q1 2021 Earnings Release
SensoDetect AB Annual Shareholders Meeting
Siemens Healthineers AG Q2 2021 Earnings Call
Stabilus SA Q2 2021 Earnings Call
Tenaris SA Annual Shareholders Meeting
Ternium SA Annual Shareholders Meeting
Transocean Ltd Q1 2021 Earnings Release
Trigano SA HY 2021 Earnings Release
Trivago NV Q1 2021 Earnings Release
Vastned Retail Belgium SA Q1 2021 Earnings Release


ECONOMIC EVENTS (All times GMT)
0600 (approx.) Germany Retail Sales mm Real for Mar: Expected 3.0%; Prior 1.2%
0600 (approx.) Germany Retail Sales yy Real for Mar: Expected -0.3%; Prior -9.0%
0630 (approx.) Sweden PMI Manufacturing Sect for Apr: Prior 63.7
0700 (approx.) Netherlands PMI - Manufacturing for Apr: Prior 64.7
0700 (approx.) Austria Unemployment for Apr: Prior 381,000
0700 (approx.) Austria Unemployment Rate for Apr: Prior 9.4%
0715 Spain Manufacturing PMI for Apr: Expected 59.0; Prior 56.9
0730 Switzerland Manufacturing PMI for Apr: Expected 66.0; Prior 66.3
0745 Italy Markit/IHS Mfg PMI for Apr: Expected 61.0; Prior 59.8
0750 France Markit Mfg PMI for Apr: Expected 59.2; Prior 59.2
0755 Germany Markit/BME Mfg PMI for Apr: Expected 66.4; Prior 66.4
0800 (approx.) Spain Car Registration mm for Apr: Prior 47.3%
0800 (approx.) Spain Car Registration yy for Apr: Prior 128.0%
0800 Euro Zone Markit Mfg Final PMI for Apr: Expected 63.3; Prior 63.3
1100 Belgium Car Registration mm for Apr: Prior 23.1%
1100 Belgium Car Registration yy for Apr: Prior 56.1%


DEBT AUCTIONS
France - Reopening of 3-month, 5-month and 1-year government debt auctions.
Germany - Reopening of 4-month and 10-month government debt auctions.
Netherlands - Reopening of 4-month and 6-month government debt auctions.