Europe eyes flat start, eyes on corporate Germany
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EUROPE EYES FLAT START, EYES ON CORPORATE GERMANY
Shares in Europe were set for another muted session on Tuesday, with futures stuck around parity, as traders sat on the sidelines ahead of U.S. CPI data on Wednesday that could shape expectations for when U.S. Federal Reserve might cut rates.
EuroSTOXX50 futures were 0.02% higher and FTSE 100 contracts were just below par. S&P 500 futures were also unchanged.
Corporate news could offer more excitement, though, especially in Germany.
Delivery Hero DHER.DE was set for a big jump after the Frankfurt-listed delivery firm sold its foodpanda business in Taiwan in a $1.25 billion deal with Uber.
Rheinmetall RHMG.DE reported higher Q1 earnings, as the German arms manufacturer taps into a boom in defence spending following the war in Ukraine. However, its shares, among the best performers this year, were called lower.
Bayer BAYGn.DE reported a marginal decline in its Q1 adjusted earnings, but beat forecasts on better-than-expected performance at its prescription drugs and agriculture divisions.
Volkswagen VOWG_p.DE was another one to watch. Bloomberg reported the carmaker is exploring the sale of as much as 1 billion euros of stock in its truckmaking arm Traton 8TRA.DE.
Eyes also on Brenntag BNRGn.DE after the chemicals distributor missed quarterly operating EBITA estimates, sending its shares down 6% in early trade.
Over in the UK, Vodafone VOD.L met market forecasts by reporting a 2.2% increase in organic earnings for the year to end-March after excluding the Spanish and Italian operations that it has agreed to sell.
Good-looking earning news from Currys CURY.L, which rejected a takeover offer earlier this year. The electricals retailer raised its annual profit forecast by around 10% after sales returned to growth in both its UK and Ireland unit and in the Nordic region.
Meanwhile, BHP Group BHP.AX is likely to sweeten its $43 billion takeover offer for Anglo American AAL.L for a second time and possibly add cash, investors in both companies said after the London-headquartered target rejected a higher bid.
(Danilo Masoni)
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