- Strong gains on European stock markets
- Hugo Boss gains 7% after better results and forecasts
- Lufthansa gains on the back of higher bookings
Overall market situation:
Thursday's session on the markets brings a powerful activation of buyers on the Old Continent. Almost all sectors of the economy are gaining intraday, with the rallies extending the euphoria following yesterday's FOMC decision and Powell's comments.
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At the moment, companies listed in Europe during Thursday's trading session are trading in a much better mood. Source: xStation 5
Futures based on the German DE30 are trading nearly 1.20% higher intraday. Clear gains are being recorded by all benchmarks, which may be largely due to improved sentiment following yesterday's FOMC decision. Source: xStation 5
News:
Siemens Energy (ENR.DE) shares are gaining nearly 6.4% in today's session on the back of an announcement from HSBC Bank, which believes that a possible sale of its stake in India's Siemens LTD would potentially ease concerns about the company's balance sheet. Better sentiment around the company all the time is also linked to comments by the company's CEO, who referred to the fact that the company would not need financial support from the state.
Source: xStation
Lufthansa (LHA.DE) shares are gaining more than 7% today on the release of better-than-expected third quarter results. The results were supported primarily by strong bookings for the summer period and Christmas. Year-on-year, the company's revenue rose 8% to €10.28 billion. The number of passengers totaled 38 million (a year ago it was 33 million).
Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr added that despite a number of geopolitical challenges, he himself remains optimistic about strong bookings for October. Net profit was €1.19 billion (up 47% year-on-year).
Lufthansa expects Q4 throughput to reach about 91% of 2019 levels and maintains its EBIT forecast for the year at more than €2.6 billion.
Source: xStation
Hugo Boss (BOSS.DE) shares are gaining nearly 7% on the back of better-than-forecast quarterly results and confirmation of forecasts for 2023. Third-quarter sales rose 15% year-on-year to €1.03 billion (€1.02 billion was forecast).
"Hugo Boss remains one of the few fashion brands that continues to grow at double-digit rates." - Citi analysts added after the results.
The company reiterated annual forecasts for sales of €4.10-4.20 billion and operating profit of €400-420 million, year-on-year growth of 20%-25%.
Analyst recommendations:
* Nestle (NESN.CH): Deutsche Bank cuts target price to CHF 113 from CHF 120.
* Adyen (ADYEN.NL): Morgan Stanley cuts target price for the stock to €925 from €1025.
* Aston Martin Lagonda (AML.UK): Barclays cuts target price for the stock to £3 vs. £4.
