Liveblog Archief dinsdag 2 maart 2021

6 liveblog items op dinsdag 2 maart 2021.

Di 2 mrt. 2021, 14:01

Markt snapshot Wall Street 2 maart

TOP NEWS
Target same-day delivery, store pick-up demand fires up holiday quarter sales
Target beat analysts' estimates for holiday quarter sales, powered by the company's same-day delivery and store pick-up services that helped fulfill resilient demand for home goods, toys and groceries during the pandemic.

Adevinta, eBay to sell UK units to secure $9.2 billion tie-up
E-commerce group eBay and Norway's Adevinta planned to sell three smaller British units in order to secure regulatory approval for a long-planned tie-up of their global classified ads businesses, the two firms said.

Boeing to base U.S. Air Force prototype on Australian pilotless combat jet
Boeing will use a pilotless, fighter-like jet developed in Australia as the basis for its U.S. Air Force Skyborg prototype, an executive at the plane maker said.

Amazon's new Polish site goes live as online competition grows
Online retailer Amazon's new Polish website went live , the company said, marking a significant intensification of competition in the country's booming e-commerce sector.

Nio posts bigger-than-expected loss, slowing EV sales growth in first quarter
Nio posted a wider-than-expected loss and flagged a slowing pace of deliveries for its electric vehicles (EV) in the current quarter, sending its U.S.-listed shares down in extended trading.


BEFORE THE BELL
U.S. stock index futures fell as investors cautiously monitored the bond market as well as progress on the next round of fiscal stimulus. European shares edged up after data showed Euro zone inflation held steady as expected, while Chinese equities fell after the banking and insurance regulator said it was studying plans to manage inflows and prevent market turbulence. The dollar rose to its highest level in a month. Oil prices slipped on worries over top producers would agree to raise oil supply and slowing demand. Gold prices gained as U.S. Treasury yields eased.


STOCKS TO WATCH
Results
MercadoLibre Inc: The Argentine e-commerce platform reported a record quarterly revenue, beating estimates, yet saw profit margins shrink from heavier spending to keep up with an online shopping boom driven by the COVID-19 pandemic. The company's gross profit margin dipped 8.9 percentage points from a year ago while costs swelled 36% due to the higher cost of goods and shipping expenses during the competitive holiday season, executives told a conference call with analysts. Revenue soared to $1.33 billion from $674.3 million a year ago, outdoing analyst estimates of $1.22 billion. MercadoLibre reported a quarterly net loss of $50.6 million, slightly less than a year earlier. It ended the year with a 12-month net loss of $700,000, compared with a net loss of nearly $172 million the year before.

Nio Inc: The Chinese company posted a wider-than-expected loss and flagged a slowing pace of deliveries for its electric vehicles (EV) in the current quarter, sending its U.S.-listed shares down in extended trading. Nio said it expects to deliver 20,000 to 20,500 vehicles in the first quarter - up 15% to 18% from the fourth quarter. The forecast, however, is slower than the 42% growth it reported between the third and the fourth quarter, in line with seasonal slowing in auto sales in China overall. "For the first half of this year, we would like to be more conservative," Nio's CEO William Li said on an analyst call, citing constraints of battery suppliers and a global semiconductor shortage that has plagued most carmakers. "For the second half of this year, we are quite confident about the demand, but we do not have the full visibility yet," he said. It reported a fourth-quarter net loss of 1.49 billion yuan, compared with the average estimate from analysts for a 757 million yuan loss.

Novavax Inc: The pharmaceutical company’s COVID-19 vaccine could be cleared for use in the United States as soon as May if U.S. regulators authorize it based on data from the company's British trial, which could be completed "in the coming weeks," its chief executive said on Monday. However, Chief Executive Stanley Erck added that talks with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are ongoing and the agency may require Novavax to submit data from its U.S. trial, which could take an additional two months to complete, pushing back U.S. clearance to mid-summer. Novavax's vaccine production plants should all be fully functional by April, said Novavax research chief Gregory Glenn on a conference call after the company reported quarterly results. Novavax reported that its net loss widened to $2.70 per share in the fourth quarter, from $1.13 per share a year earlier. Boosted by vaccine business, revenue rose to $279.7 million from $8.8 million a year earlier.

Target Corp: The company beat analysts' estimates for holiday quarter sales, powered by the company's same-day delivery and store pick-up services that helped fulfill resilient demand for home goods, toys and groceries during the pandemic. The company's comparable sales rose 20.5% in the fourth quarter, comfortably beating analysts' estimates for a 16.4% rise. Sales through its same-day deliveries and store pick-up services surged 212%, as consumers sought quicker ways to get their online purchases. Total fourth-quarter revenue for Target rose 21.1% to $28.34 billion, beating the average estimate of $27.48 billion. Full-year sales rose by over $15 billion, larger than the combined growth of the last 11 years. Net earnings surged 65.6% to $1.38 billion. On an adjusted basis, the company earned $2.67 per share.

Zoom Video Communications Inc: The company forecast current-quarter revenue above expectations, as the company expects millions of people to continue using its video-conferencing platform to work remotely and attend online classes, sending its shares up. Eric Yuan, founder and chief executive officer of Zoom, said the firm was "well positioned for strong growth" in the coming year. The company forecast current-quarter revenue between $900 million and $905 million, compared with estimates of $829.2 million. The company reported fourth-quarter revenue of $882.5 million, compared with estimates of $811.8 million. On an adjusted basis, Zoom earned $1.22 per share, beating estimates of 79 cents per share.

Deals Of The Day
eBay Inc: The e-commerce group and Norway's Adevinta planned to sell three smaller British units in order to secure regulatory approval for a long-planned tie-up of their global classified ads businesses, the two firms said. Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said last month Adevinta and eBay would have to resolve the watchdog's concerns before proceeding with their $9.2 billion deal. In response, Adevinta and eBay said they had proposed to sell each company's primary classifieds operations in Britain, namely Shpock, Gumtree and Motors.co.uk. Ebay and Adevinta said they aimed to close the transaction in the second quarter of 2021, subject to final ratification by the CMA and regulatory approval in Austria.

In Other News
Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd: The company’s founder Jack Ma has lost the title of China's richest man, a list published showed, as his peers prospered while his empire was put under heavy scrutiny by Chinese regulators. Ma and his family had held the top spot for China's richest in the Hurun Global Rich List in 2020 and 2019 but now trail in fourth place. His fall out of the top three comes "after China's regulators reined in Ant Group and Alibaba on anti-trust issues," the Hurun report said. Separately, the company’s affiliate Ant Group is working on measures to help staff with "short-term liquidity problems", its executive chairman said in internal messages, after the halting of the fintech giant's $37 billion IPO dashed employees' hopes of cashing in their shares.

Amazon.com Inc: The online retailer’s new Polish website went live, the company said, marking a significant intensification of competition in the country's booming e-commerce sector. "We are thrilled to launch Amazon.pl and to be able to offer Polish customers a selection of more than 100 million products, including tens of thousands of products from local Polish businesses," Alex Ootes, Vice President, European Expansion for Amazon, said in a statement. Meanwhile, a manager at the online retailer sued the company for discrimination on Monday, saying it hires Black people for lower positions and promotes them more slowly than white workers, and that she was subjected to harassment. The lawsuit from Charlotte Newman, a business development head at Amazon Web Services who is Black, said the company suffers from a "systemic pattern of insurmountable discrimination," despite its pledge to fight racism and statements of solidarity from Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos. Amazon said it was investigating the claims. The complaint was filed in Washington, D.C., federal court. Separately, a congressional delegation will visit an Amazon facility in Alabama on Friday to show their support for workers who will vote on whether to unionize. The delegation will include U.S. Representatives Andy Levin, Jamaal Bowman, Cori Bush, Terri Sewell and Nikema Williams among others, said a spokeswoman for the Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union, which is supporting the workers' effort to unionize.

American Airlines Group Inc, Delta Air Lines Inc & United Airlines Holdings Inc: The head of a group representing major U.S. passenger airlines and a senior union official will make the case Tuesday to lawmakers for a third round of government assistance, according to testimony seen by Reuters. Nick Calio, who heads Airlines for America, a trade group representing American Airlines, Delta Air Lines , United Airlines and others, will tell the House Transportation and Infrastructure's aviation subcommittee that tens of thousands of aviation workers will "lose their jobs — or experience reductions to wages and benefits — effective April 1." Calio's testimony adds that "funding is an explicit recognition that the industry remains in dire straits, even before factoring in the certainty that it will be inundated with debt for years to come."

AstraZeneca PLC: Data from Britain's vaccine rollout on the effectiveness of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University COVID-19 shot in older people should help other countries reassess their use of it, the head of the university's vaccine research group said. Though efficacy data was limited in clinical trials, real world data from being generated by Britain's vaccine rollout has shown AstraZeneca is more than 80% effective in preventing hospitalisations in over-80s after one shot. Asked if other countries should look at real world data from Public Health England and reassess how they use the shot, Oxford Vaccine Group's Andrew Pollard said: "I think that the scientific committees in each of these countries will be doing exactly that over the days ahead." "The strength of evidence that we're now seeing... all of that is being accessed by scientific committees in different countries, and I'm sure will help support their decision-making," he told BBC radio. Separately, France will allow people under 75 with existing health problems to get the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, the health minister said, departing from an earlier stance that the vaccine should be for the under-65s only.

Baker Hughes Co: The company and Akastor plan to merge their offshore oil drilling equipment units to form a global company serving the energy industry, the U.S. and Norwegian firms said in a joint statement. Forming a joint venture owned 50% by each of the parent companies, the merger of Baker Hughes Subsea Drilling Systems with Akastor's MHWirth maintains dual headquarters in Houston, Texas and the southern Norwegian town of Kristiansand. "The transaction will result in a leading equipment provider with integrated delivery capabilities, financial strength, and flexibility to address a full range of customer priorities," the firms said, adding that this could result in a return to growth. Baker Hughes will get a cash payout of $120 million from the new firm when the deal closes, and will be owed a further $80 million, while Akastor will receive $100 million in cash and be owed another $20 million.

BioNTech SE, Moderna Inc & Pfizer Inc: The United States must stick to a two-dose strategy for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, top U.S. infectious disease official Anthony Fauci told the Washington Post newspaper. Fauci said that delaying a second dose to inoculate more Americans creates risks. He warned that shifting to a single-dose strategy for the vaccines could leave people less protected, enable variants to spread and possibly boost skepticism among Americans already hesitant to get the shots.

BlackRock Inc: The world's biggest asset manager BlackRock is still backing stocks after recent market turbulence triggered by rising global bond market borrowing costs. World stocks have seen two heavy weekly falls since late January as bets on a strong post-COVID rebound in the global economy have pushed U.S. government bond yields, the main driver of borrowing costs, up roughly 50%. "We still believe the new nominal will support equities and risk assets over the next six to 12 months," BlackRock's Investment Institute economists said, referring to an expectation the world's leading central banks will keep bond yields low.

Boeing Co: The plane maker will use a pilotless, fighter-like jet developed in Australia as the basis for its U.S. Air Force Skyborg prototype, an executive at the company said. The "Loyal Wingman", the first military aircraft to be designed and manufactured in Australia in more than 50 years, made its first flight on Saturday under the supervision of a Boeing test pilot monitoring it from a ground control station in South Australia. "The airpower teaming system is the basis for our Skyborg bid," Boeing airpower teaming programme director Shane Arnott told reporters. "Obviously the U.S. market is a big market. That is a focus for us, achieving some sort of contract or programme of record in the United States." The Australian government said it would invest a further A$115 million to acquire three more Loyal Wingman aircraft for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) to develop tactics for using the jets with crewed planes, on top of its initial investment of A$40 million.

Canopy Growth Corp: The company launched its pot-infused Quatreau beverage line in the United States, as it seeks to secure a firm footing in the country's rapidly growing cannabis market ahead of expected reforms under President Joe Biden. Canopy President and Chief Product Officer Rade Kovacevic said the U.S. market was currently fragmented, presenting an opportunity for a larger company to scale up in the region. The Quatreau line of sparkling waters, which come in four variants, would be available for online sales in U.S. states that permit consumption of cannabidiol (CBD), Canopy said. The company said Quatreau is now the top-selling CBD beverage in Canada within months of its launch there, as demand for cannabis-infused edibles surged during COVID-19 lockdowns.

Energy Fuels Inc: Rare earth manufacturer Neo Performance Materials and Energy Fuels launched a rare earth production initiative spanning the European and North American regions. Under the agreement, uranium miner Energy Fuels said it would process the monazite sands into a mixed rare earth carbonate in Utah for use as feed material for Neo's rare earth production plant in Europe. Energy Fuels also said it would continue to evaluate developing additional U.S rare earth production capabilities in Utah in the future.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc: The vaccine developer said it had completed Phase II enrolment for a mid-to-late stage U.S. trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate and expects to report data early in the second quarter. Inovio said it was testing the impact of its vaccine candidate, IN0-4800, on new SARS-CoV-2 variants, as well as developing next-generation COVID-19 vaccine candidates that could be tailored to known and unknown SARS-CoV-2 variants. "The pan-COVID candidate is designed to provide protection against the U.K., South African and Brazilian stream as well as potentially the currently unknown SARS-CoV-2 variant," Inovio senior executive Kate Broderick said. Inovio said it was actively working to address FDA's concerns and expects to begin the Phase III portion in "later part of the second quarter this year."

Walmart Inc: The company owned Flipkart will sell groceries online in more Indian cities, as it seeks to compete better with Amazon and Reliance in an e-commerce market that has grown rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Flipkart has already expanded online grocery sales to more than 50 Indian cities and intends to reach over 70 locations in the next six months, the company said in a statement. "Grocery continues to be one of the fastest-growing categories," said Manish Kumar, senior vice president at Flipkart, adding that the company had seen increased demand for the service from smaller cities in 2020. Flipkart's recent expansion has taken its grocery services to big cities including Kolkata, Pune and Ahmedabad, it said.

Walt Disney Co: Surprisingly strong interest from adults who do not have kids at home has helped increase subscriptions to Walt Disney’s Disney+ streaming service beyond initial projections, Chief Executive Bob Chapek said on Monday. As of Jan. 2, Disney+ had signed up 94.9 million customers worldwide. Half of those live in households without children, Chapek said, a higher proportion than expected. "What we didn't realize was the non-family appeal that a service like Disney+ would have," Chapek said via online video to the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference. "In fact, over 50% of our global marketplace don't have kids," he added. "When 50% of the people in Disney+ don't have kids, you really have the opportunity now to think much more broadly about the nature of your content."


INSIGHT
Mining magnets: Arctic island finds green power can be a curse
In the tenth century, Erik the Red, a Viking from Iceland, was so impressed with the vegetation on another Arctic island he had found he called it "the green land." Today, it's Greenland's rocks that are attracting outsiders - superpowers riding a green revolution. The world's biggest island has huge resources of metals known as 'rare earths, but processing them is difficult and dirty - so much so that the United States, which used to dominate production, surrendered that position to China about 20 years ago.


ANALYSTS' RECOMMENDATION
Broadcom Inc: Credit Suisse raises target price to $580 from $480, saying the company is poised to report in-line first-quarter earnings with a stable outlook for revenue growth and free cash flow in the coming quarters.

Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd: Piper Sandler raises target price to $110 from $90, following the company’s robust sales beat in the fourth quarter and improving market share for its products.

Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc: JPMorgan raises target price to $100 from $87, saying the company is well-positioned to drive revenue and capture market share with its differentiated service model.

Zoom Video Communications Inc: Piper Sandler raises target price to $541 from $501, noting the company’s better-than-expected fourth-quarter results and strong growth guidance.


ECONOMIC EVENTS (All timings in U.S. Eastern Time)
0945 ISM New York Index for Feb: Prior 818.2
0945 ISM New York Business Conditions for Feb: Prior 51.2


COMPANIES REPORTING RESULTS
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co: Expected Q1 earnings of 41 cents per share
Ross Stores Inc: Expected Q4 earnings of $1.00 per share


CORPORATE EVENTS (All timings in U.S. Eastern Time)
0730 Sea Ltd: Q4 earnings conference call
0800 Lemonade Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
0830 3D Systems Corp: Q4 earnings conference call
0830 Bentley Systems Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
0830 TG Therapeutics Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
0900 Kohl's Corp: Q4 earnings conference call
0900 Target Corp: Q4 earnings conference call
0900 Warner Music Group Corp: Annual Shareholders Meeting
1000 Autozone Inc: Q2 earnings conference call
1000 Nordson Corp: Annual Shareholders Meeting
1300 Progressive Corp: Q4 earnings conference call
1300 Slack Technologies Inc: Shareholders Meeting
1615 Ross Stores Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1630 Veeva Systems Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1645 Nordstrom Inc: Q4 earnings conference call
1700 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co: Q1 earnings conference call
1700 Maravai LifeSciences Holdings Inc: Q4 earnings conference call


EX-DIVIDENDS
Avery Dennison Corp: Amount $0.62
Halliburton Co: Amount $0.04

Di 2 mrt. 2021, 13:59

TA HP, MCD, ASR, AEX en Philips

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Di 2 mrt. 2021, 11:02

Marktcijfers

Actueel Verwacht Vorige
EUROPA EUROPA: CPI (Jaarlijks) (Feb) 11:00 0,9% 0,9% 0,9% Actueel: 0,9% Verwacht: 0,9% Vorige: 0,9%
Di 2 mrt. 2021, 09:57

Marktcijfers

Actueel Verwacht Vorige
DEU DEU: Duitse Werkloosheidswijziging (Feb) 09:55 9K -13K -37K Actueel: 9K Verwacht: -13K Vorige: -37K
Di 2 mrt. 2021, 08:10

Wake-up call: Enorm herstel Wall Street, AEX ook fors hoger

Een sterke eerste dag van de maand voor de beurzen, de AEX won 13 punten om op 664,58 punten te sluiten terwijl de DAX met 226 punten omhoog ging. Wall Street deed het na een slecht weekslot ook heel goed, de SP 500 won 2,4% met een slot net boven de 3900 punten, de Dow Jones herpakt zich ook met een plus van 2% terwijl de tech aandelen het nog wat beter deden, de Nasdaq won 3% met een slot op 13.288 punten. Hoe dan ook een van de sterkste sessies dit jaar, en zelfs de afgelopen maanden.

Wat voor nieuws kwam er?
Het Huis van Afgevaardigden in de VS stemde vrijdagnacht in met het corona steunpakket ter waarde van 1,9 biljoen dollar van Biden en er kwam nieuws dat de FDA het vaccin van J&J goedkeurde. De Senaat moet het pakket nu nog wel goedkeuren, dus ze zijn er nog niet, in het Huis werd het trouwens ook maar een nipte overwinning aangezien 219 leden voor en 212 tegen het American Rescue Plan stemden. Er worden nu nog de nodige aanpassingen verwacht door de beleidsmakers.

Verder moest de rente wat omlaag op de obligatiemarkt, dat zorgde voor een extreme stijging bij de tech aandelen die juist door de stijgende rente fors onderuit moesten vorige week. Het is soms niet te bevatten hoe snel men van richting wisselt op de aandelen markten maar juist dat geeft ook aan hoe gespannen de situatie nu moet zijn en dat beleggers behoorlijk bang zijn voor een zeer grote schuiver omlaag en vooral ook bang blijven om een nieuwe rally te moeten missen (FOMO gedrag).

We zien dat op alle vlakken momenteel, ook bij de Crypto zoals de Bitcoin die enorm veel moest inleveren vorige week maar net zo snel weer tegen de 50.000 dollar stond gisteren. Ik kan niet genoeg waarschuwen om vooral op te letten met dit marktgedrag, dat gaat op een gegeven moment behoorlijk verkeerd aflopen.

We zien in ieder geval de nodige volatiliteit op de markten al was die er altijd al gedurende het afgelopen jaar. De markten weten altijd wel een item te vinden waarop men kan reageren, de ene keer positief de andere keer negatief. Zelf probeer ik me er zo goed als mogelijk doorheen te loodsen en op zich lukt me dat prima met de conditie van de huidige markt.

Hieronder een overzicht wat betreft trading en een aanbieding om mee te doen met onze signalen tot 1 MEI. We zijn gisteren al met 2 kleine posities ingestapt, nu is het afwachten of het de richting op gaat zoals mijn korte termijn analyse het aangeeft. U kunt uiteraard nog mee met de posities die lopen door lid te worden.

Technische conditie markt:
De herstelbeweging van gisteren viel nogal op, vooral de kracht ervan en het gedrag gedurende de sessie. Enkele indices kwamen op een belangrijke steun terecht en wisten te draaien vanaf dat punt, wel vreemd is dat de Nasdaq en de Nasdaq 100 van onder het 50-daags gemiddelde kracht konden ontwikkelen om dat niveau ruim terug te winnen.

Het positieve nieuws rondom het steunpakket en de goedkeuring in de VS van het J&J vaccin helpen daar uiteraard bij zodat we ons moeten afvragen of het gaat om een technische reactie op de daling met later een hervatting omlaag? Of krijgen we een draai die door kan zetten tot opnieuw de topzone? De komende dagen gaan we het snel genoeg weten, eerst maar het herstel zien te vervolgen nu.

Eind vorige week wat enkele posities goed kunnen sluiten:
De maand februari en dit jaar verlopen naar wens, nu al voor de 3e maand op rij werd er winst behaald zodat het jaar 2021 tot nu toe goed verloopt (december was ook al goed). De markt blijft wel moeilijk en uitdagend zodat ik voorzichtig moet blijven, dat wil zeggen handelen met kleine posities en niet teveel posities gelijktijdig. Het is momenteel niet de bedoeling om teveel risico te nemen, we moeten de markt zo rustig mogelijk zien te benaderen en vooral kalm blijven.

De LIVEBLOG en. Twitter:
Via de LIVEBLOG en tussendoor ook via mijn Twitter account laat ik gedurende de dag ook wat grafiekjes met korte uitleg voorbij komen over de markt. Op Twitter kunt u mij volgen via @USMarkets dan kunt u deze snelle informatie die ik deel uiteraard ook inzien .... https://twitter.com/USMarkets , ook opvallende beursfeiten komen er vaak langs !

Euro, olie en goud:
De euro zien we nu rond de 1.202 dollar, de prijs van een vat Brent olie komt uit op 63,1 dollar terwijl een troy ounce goud nu op 1716 dollar staat.

Inter Market overzicht op slotbasis ...

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Met vriendelijke groet,
Guy Boscart

Di 2 mrt. 2021, 07:23

Markt snapshot Europa 2 maart

GLOBAL TOP NEWS
The U.S. Senate will start debating President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill this week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Monday after Democrats backed down from an effort to raise the minimum wage to $15 as part of it.

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was found guilty of corruption on Monday and sentenced to three years in prison, a stunning fall from grace for a man who for five years bestrode the national and global stage.

The United States is expected to impose sanctions to punish Russia for the poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny as early as Tuesday, two sources familiar with the matter said.


EUROPEAN COMPANY NEWS
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles pleaded guilty on Monday to charges it conspired with company executives to make illegal, lavish gifts to United Auto Workers (UAW) leaders and undermined workers’ confidence in collective bargaining.

Problems at AstraZeneca's European production site in January kicked off a six-week push to get a version of its COVID-19 vaccine made at an Indian facility approved by Canada's drug regulator, according to the Canadian pharmaceutical company that filed the application.

France's Danone said on Monday its board has voted to separate the chairman and chief executive roles held by Emmanuel Faber, and launch the search for a new CEO following calls from several shareholders to shake up governance.


TODAY'S COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust PLC Annual Shareholders Meeting
AerCap Holdings NV Q4 2020 Earnings Call
Apax Global Alpha Ltd FY 2020 Earnings Call
Ashtead Group PLC Q3 2021 Earnings Call
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG FY 2020 Earnings Release
Croda International PLC FY 2020 Earnings Release
Dalata Hotel Group PLC FY 2020 Earnings Release
Edenred SA FY 2020 Earnings Call
Ferroglobe PLC Q4 2020 Earnings Call
Flutter Entertainment PLC FY 2020 Earnings Release
Hellofresh SE FY 2020 Earnings Call
International Game Technology PLC Q4 2020 Earnings Call
Intertek Group PLC FY 2020 Earnings Release
JPmorgan Russian Securities PLC Annual Shareholders Meeting
Kion Group AG Q4 2020 Earnings Call
Kone Oyj Annual Shareholders Meeting
Novartis AG Annual Shareholders Meeting
OC Oerlikon Corporation Ag Pfaeffikon FY 2020 Earnings Call
Orphazyme A/S FY 2020 Earnings Call
Redx Pharma PLC Annual Shareholders Meeting
Rotork PLC FY 2020 Earnings Call
Signature Aviation PLC FY 2020 Earnings Release
Supermarket Income REIT PLC HY 2021 PLC Earnings Call
Swiss Life Holding AG FY 2020 Earnings Release
Sydbank A/S Q4 2020 Earnings Release
Travis Perkins PLC FY 2020 Earnings Call
Uniphar PLC FY 2020 Earnings Call
Weir Group PLC FY 2020 Earnings Call
Zumtobel Group AG Q3 2021 Earnings Release


ECONOMIC EVENTS (All times GMT)
0700 (approx.) Germany Retail Sales mm Real for Jan: Expected -0.3%; Prior -9.6%
0700 (approx.) Germany Retail Sales yy Real for Jan: Expected 1.3%; Prior 1.5%
0700 United Kingdom Nationwide house price mm for Feb: Expected -0.3%; Prior -0.3%
0700 United Kingdom Nationwide house price yy for Feb: Expected 5.6%; Prior 6.4%
0855 Germany Unemployment Change SA for Feb: Expected -13,000; Prior -41,000
0855 Germany Unemployment Total NSA for Feb: Prior 2.901 mln
0855 Germany Unemployment Rate SA for Feb: Expected 6.0%; Prior 6.0%
0855 Germany Unemployment Total SA for Feb: Prior 2.729 mln
1000 Euro Zone HICP Flash yy for Feb: Expected 0.9%; Prior 0.9%
1000 Euro Zone HICP-X F&E Flash yy for Feb: Expected 1.1%; Prior 1.4%
1000 Euro Zone HICP-X F,E,A&T Flash yy for Feb: Expected 1.1%; Prior 1.4%
1000 (approx.) Euro Zone HICP-X F, E, A, T Flash mm for Feb: Expected 0.00%; Prior -0.50%
1000 (approx.) Euro Zone CPI NSA for Feb: Prior 105.32

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