AEX makes year loss was not quite good – Financieele Dagblad

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After a turbulent session on Thursday, the calm in the financial markets Friday was largely returned and equity investors seemed to appreciate the ECB measures anyway.

With an extra push by the higher start of trading on Wall Street, the AEX was still further. In late December, the index closed at 441.82 points. After a gain of 2.7%, the AEX was Friday at 441.75 points.

Thus, the AEX was trading in line with other European indices. From London to Paris and Frankfurt, there were gains of 1.5% and over 3% on the plates. The major US indices, the Dow Jones, S & amp; P 500 and Nasdaq, also walked the

The Midcap Amsterdam ended 2%. higher. Amsterdam Smallcap Index (AScX) increased by 1.3%.

Draghi

the question that preoccupied stock traders was not so much why prices went up, but why the shares Thursday weggleden at the end of the day. The measures that the European Central Bank announced were generally seen favorably for equities.

The answer probably lies with ECB President Mario Draghi, after the interest rate decision announced interest not to further decrease this year. That caused Thursday as turmoil in the markets, where stocks probably among suffered.

But Friday had settled the matter. The euro fell again something back against the dollar. The price for a barrel of Brent crude had found his place above $ 40.

AEX

biggest riser in the AEX was ArcelorMittal which won more than 11%. Investors in ArcelorMittal responded positively to the peace in the commodity markets. In addition, it seemed as though also was positively received the rights issue of the steel company.

ArcelorMittal will collect $ 3 billion with the issue, which largely supported by the Mittal family itself.

Altice won nearly 10%. The proportion of overburdened with debt Altice gained ground after the ECB announced Thursday also to buy loans from businesses.

ING (+ 5.7%), Aegon (+ 4.5%), NN (+ 4.2%) and Delta Lloyd (+ 4.2%) benefited from the overall positive mood in the sector after the ECB announced to more favorable to banks to get loan at the ticket office in Frankfurt.

Low losers

The AEX had only one loser: Gemalto (-0.2%). In the middle fell just two listed companies. The AscX there were six losers.

biggest riser in the AscX was Advanced Metallurgical Group (AMG) (+ 4%). The producer of metallurgical products and systems saw declining sharply profit in the past quarter. AMG has also in the past year eliminated entirely his fault.

Beter Bed

Beter Bed closed slightly in the plus (+ 0.4%). An improving housing market and higher economic growth, the profitability of Beter Bed gegegeven a major boost. The Udense bed specialist recorded a net profit of € 22.6 million in 2015, more than 33% over the previous year.