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MARKET REVIEWS. Global markets were mixed Monday morning as investors await an announcement from the US Federal Reserve this week about its benchmark interest rate.
Stock indices at 7:30 am
At the start of the session in Europe, London was up 0.2%, Frankfurt was down 0.5%, and Paris was unchanged.
In New York, before the market opened, the Dow Jones industrial average was unchanged and the broader S&P500 index was up 0.1%.
In Asia, the Nikkei 225 added 0.8% in Tokyo. The Shanghai Stock Exchange fell by 0.9% and the Hang Seng was up 0.8% in Hong Kong. Sydney gained 0.3% and Seoul gained 0.9%.
At the New York Commodities Exchange, the price of oil rose 35 cents to US$77.66 per barrel.
Evergrande collapses
A Hong Kong court on Monday ordered the liquidation of troubled Chinese real estate giant Evergrande, which failed to present a convincing restructuring plan.
Evergrande was once China’s largest real estate developer. But it has accumulated debts, estimated at more than $300 billion as of the end of June.
Evergrande’s stock plummeted by over 20% in Hong Kong before trading was suspended.
Split at Holcim
Shares of Swiss building materials giant Holcim jumped 4.24% in Zurich after the announcement on Sunday of a plan to split its North American operations through an initial public offering.
Philips poorly received
Dutch medical device manufacturer Philips announced a net loss of €463 million in 2023 and the suspension of sales of respiratory devices for sleep apnea in the United States after a series of recalls.
Its stock fell by 7.54% in Amsterdam.
Bayer penalized
Monsanto, a subsidiary of the German giant Bayer (-5.79% in Frankfurt), was ordered by a Philadelphia court jury on Friday to pay $2.25 billion in damages to a man who claimed that the herbicide Roundup caused his cancer.
Ryanair nose-dives
Irish airline Ryanair saw its profits plunge by 93% in the third quarter of 2023/2024 due to a surge in costs and reduced its forecast for the fiscal year.
As a result, its stock fell by 0.19% in Dublin.
Stable oil
Oil prices are steady after rising at the start of the session, as the geopolitical risk premium in the Middle East wanes in the absence of disruptions in crude oil supplies.
The price of a barrel of Brent crude for delivery in March was $83.52 (-0.04%). Its American counterpart, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for delivery in the same month, was at $77.99 (-0.01%).
The euro fell by 0.19% against the US dollar, at 1.0832 dollars per euro.
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