He DAX rises 0.48%, to 23,213.20 points, the FT-100 It rises slightly over 8,762.25 points, CAC 40 advances 0.62%, to 8,224.46 points, the Eurostoxx 50 It goes up more than half a percentage point, to 5.5.25.95 points and the FTSE MIB It opens at 38,829 points after registering 0.7% increases in the opening. The IBEX 35 rises 0.36% in the opening to 13,262.20 points.
On the corporate side, the operating benefit of DT Lufthansa fell more than a third in 2024, as reported today by the company, culminating a difficult year in which the cost spiral, restricted access to Russian airspace and delays in the delivery of airplanes affected profitability. The European airlines suffered last year the consequences of inflation, which raised costs despite the strong demand, and the actions of most of the main companies on the continent fell.
Lufthansa had set an initial objective an operational margin of 8% last year. After issuing two benefits warnings in the first half of the year, the group declared that it reached a much lower figure than 4.4%, attributable in part to expensive strikes already lower than usual due to the usual ones due to an increase in capacity throughout the sector.
The French Bouygues has registered basic benefits for the whole year slightly better than expected, since the good results of its Equans Energy Division and its construction unit helped compensate for a sharp fall in the real estate business. The construction and telecommunications group registered a current operating benefit of the activities (Cup) for 2024 of 2,540 million euros (2,750 million dollars), above the consensus of 2,520 million.
Volkswagen will focus on Europe the sales strategy of its electric car of 20,000 euros (21,580 dollars), which will go on sale in 2027, its brand leader said on Wednesday, adding that the car manufacturer needs until then to reduce the costs of batteries to sell it at that price. The car will be the first of the Volkswagen range to incorporate the software of its joint company with the American manufacturer of Electric Vehicles Rivian, which requires fewer electronic control units and much less wiring, which reduces the weight of the vehicle and simplifies the manufacture.
DHL He has revealed his plans to fire about 8000 employees this year as part of the savings strategy of more than 1000 million to 2027, after the German logistics giant reported a 7.2% drop for their annual operating benefit. The template reductions will be carried out by means of incentivized casualties, instead of forced layoffs, according to Reuters the CEO of DHL, Tobias Meyer, in an interview.
Logitech International It will repurify shares worth 2,000 million dollars in the next three years and increase its current repurchase program by 600 million dollars, the manufacturer of computer components said on Wednesday, confirming its prospects by 2025. The company also predicted that the sales of the fiscal year 2026 will range between 4,530 and 4,710 million dollars, indicating a potential growth of the order of 1% to 3% in US dollars.
Merck has predicted a growth of the operating benefits adjusted to the currency of up to 8%, helped by the demand for semiconductor chemicals and laboratory equipment for the production of biotechnological drugs. The German group indicated in a statement that the benefit before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortizations (Ebitda) of 2025, adjusted by special items, would probably be located between 6.1 billion of euros (6,600 million dollars) and 6,600 million euros. This figure would be exceeding 6,070 million euros announced by 2024, which coincided in general with the average estimation of analysts.
The online fashion market Zalando He expects greater benefits in 2025, supported by greater growth both on his online platform and in the business that serves other retailers. Zalando provides adjusted profits before interest and taxes (EBIT) from 530 million to 590 million euros (573 million to 638 million dollars) for the year, above 511 million euros in 2024. expects the revenues and gross volume of goods to increase between 4% and 9% in 2025, compared to the increase of 4.2% of the income up to 10.600 million euros and 4.5% of the gross volume of goods up to 15,300 million euros last year.
Waiting for the ECB, oil and euro up. Cryptocurrency with mixed sign
At the macro level, this Thursday we will be aware of the interest rates of the European Central Bank. The organism is expected to cut them 25 basic points. We will also be pending from the subsequent press conference of Christine Lagarde, president of the ECB.
Among the macroeconomic references in Europe, retail sales in the euro zone stand out. In the United States, we will know the new unemployment subsidy requests.
Yesterday, upward closure on Wall Street after the indices were turned hard after they know that the US government had decided to suspend for a month the 25% tariffs on cars imports from Mexico and Canada, which suggests that President Trump is open to additional exemptions in import taxes of the two largest commercial partners of the US. Yesterday there was also talk of the possibility that they would affect food products. Today the future corrects: the future of Dow Jones is loud in the 42,982.30 points, the future of the S&P 500 0.14%is left, over 5,834 points and Nasdaq 100 is left 0.26%, over 20,574 points.
Oil prices rise after strong sales lead to the oil market to minimum of several years, although uncertainty about tariffs and increased supply prospects limit profits. Brent oil futures advance 0.68%, over $ 69.77 and West Texas records 0.7%, over $ 66.80.
In the currency market, the euro dollar advances 0.16%, over $ 1,0806 and cryptocurrencies maintain mixed trend. Bitcoin yields 4.4%, over 913517.6 dollars and Ethereum rises 3.8%, to 2,292.90 dollars.