The stock markets in Europe were slightly lower start to the day. Just like on Wall Street and in Asia seems to express a lower oil price on sentiment.
An exception was the AEX AEX 433.78 + 0.10% 0.44 + , with a small profit came out of the starting blocks. But heavyweight Shell Royal Dutch Shell A Shs 22.37 – 0.40% -0.09 fell shortly after the gong, right away, attracting along the main indicator.
Oil
in recent weeks, oil prices were steady on. On the climb, however, seems to have come to an end. Tuesday showed that US oil stocks had risen again, after production in countries like Iraq and Iran had been further stepped up in the last month.
in recent weeks was the price for a barrel of Brent oil in the $ 50. Meanwhile, a barrel of Brent will cost approximately $ 45.
the dollar is again what attracted after a decline in recent days. Against the euro, the dollar is back below $ 1.15.
Shell
on Beursplein 5 Shell’s quarterly figures are studied pressure. It is the first time that the Anglo-Dutch oil and gas presents results that is linked to the performance of the acquired BG.
Last week, rival ExxonMobil, Total and BP already with numbers. And they knew about to surprise positively in the first quarter, despite the lowest oil prices in thirteen years. Profits at Total and Exxon fell sharply and BP still made losses, but analysts had expected worse.
The same seems also Shell to happen. For although the gain in the first quarter was significantly lower than a year earlier, Shell seems to beat expectations. The group reported an adjusted net profit of $ 1.6 billion, which was reckoned at $ 1.18 billion.
Nevertheless, investors not entirely convinced. After opening higher, the stock began Shell Royal Dutch Shell A Shs 22.37 – 0.40% – 0.09
Air France-KLM <. / strong>
The price of oil continues to engage Europe’s largest airline. So intact Air France-KLM a “high degree of uncertainty” around the fuel costs. Moreover, the rates in the air under pressure from overcapacity. However, the company maintained its targets for this year.
Thanks to the fuel costs decrease significantly in the first quarter, Air has France-KLM are able to reduce operating loss to € 99 million. That was last year a loss of € 318 million.
The share Air France-KLM 7.63 – 0.91% – 0, 07 moves a little.
Siemens
Naast Shell gain European investors also process the quarterly results from Siemens and AB InBev.
Siemens beat expectations. The profit from industrial operations came in the first quarter amounted to € 2.12 billion, while analysts surveyed by Bloomberg were counting on € 1.92 billion. The German group benefited from a recovery in demand from the energy sector.
AB Inbev
AB InBev, after the acquisition of SABMiller by far the largest brewer in the world, suffered from falling demand in Brazil. The turnover of AB InBev, without the impact of acquisitions and exchange rates, increased in the first three months by 3.1%. Analysts had expected an increase of 6.1%. Gross operating income (EBITDA) came in at $ 3.46 billion, which was reckoned at $ 3.74 billion.
Flow Traders
also in the middle and lower segments of the market, were companies with numbers. So Flow Traders announced that trading income in the first quarter totaled € 64.6 million, more or less identical with the last three months of last year
Flow Traders Flow Traders 32.56 – 3.95% -1.34 is the most dramatically in the Midcap Midcap 649.61 – 0.30% – 1.94
Brunel
staffing company Brunel continue to experience headwinds in its energy division. The company, which include staff seconded to fall Shell, saw sales in the first quarter by 29% to € 238.4 million.
Brunel Brunel International 17.53 – 6.18% -1.16 is the second biggest loser in the Amsterdam SmallCap Index AscX 759.01 – 0.37 % – 2.84
Euronext.
Merger Exchange Euronext had in April quieter. The so-called “cash order book was more than 23% smaller than a year earlier. Remarkably, last month, also the so-called index trackers (ETFs) were less attractive. After 21 months of growth, decreased the average daily transaction value in this category by 14%.
The share of Euronext Euronext 36.44 – 0.63% – 0.23 is Wednesday loss.
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