The Amsterdam stock exchange slumped Friday farther away. At the end, there were 442.87 points on the AEX index, a loss of 3.55%. And while the stock market earlier this month was still above 500 points. The loss of the Midcap index was a lot less. The medium-sized stocks closed 1.75% lower at 653.59. The reason for the drop: the ongoing uncertainty about the future of the Chinese economy and its impact on other countries. The initial estimate of the purchasing managers’ indices in the eurozone could not turn the tide.
Financials
Friday before trading is Vopak come with numbers, but with bleak prospects. That was hard punished with a decline of 15.4%. Was trading shortly after opening interrupted even for two minutes as the share broke through the limit prescribed by a cooling period. The tank storage company in the first half of the net profit by 17%, to € 162 million. The second half of 2015, however, will be difficult due to “challenging” market conditions in Asia and divestments, said Vopak Friday in a statement on the interim results.
Other big decliners among the main funds on the Damrak, the financials Aegon and ING, though it was the first ex-dividend, which picture somewhat distorts. OCI, Royal Dutch Shell, DSM, Heineken, Altice and ArcelorMittal all got hits from more than 4%. In the Midkap were USG People (-7.3%) and Fagron (-7%) were the biggest fallers. Unlike the main funds were here quite a few funds that closed in positive territory. Outlier: BAM, which ended 3.1% higher
Rabobank lowered the price target for Delta Lloyd Delta Lloyd Group <. / span> 10.36 – 1.89% – 0.20 from € 16 to € 11. The bank expects that Delta Lloyd will be taking action to raise the solvency ratio. That could lead to a lower result.
fall in prices
De decline Friday was the third firm verliesdag row. AEX index closed Thursday 2.2% lower at 459.17 points Wednesday the index fell by 2%. Of the last seven trading days the AEX closed five times at a loss.
Two weeks ago the Amsterdam main indicator was still above 500 points. Since then, approximately 11.5% of the index tripped. On an annual basis, the index still profit in January headed the AEX still just above 400 points.
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