FINANCIAL MARKETS
Global stock markets begin the week on a firmer footing, awaiting the expected release of Nvidia’s results, while in Japan, the central bank president’s speech leaves markets without many clues about the outlook for interest rates. country.
Oil prices advance after escalating clashes between Russia and Ukraine over the weekend, although concerns about fuel demand in China, the world’s second-largest consumer, and forecasts of a global oil surplus weigh on investors. markets.
MACROECONOMIC DATA
Today we have:
– Trade balance of Spain and the Eurozone
– Monthly report from the Bundesbank in Germany
COMPANIES
Endesa buys 626 MW hydroelectric assets from Acciona for $1.1 billion (Reuters)
Brookfield is considering an offer of 10.5 euros per share to take Grifols private (El Confidencial)
Sidenor courts BBK in search of Basque support for the purchase of Talgo (Cinco Días)
IAG, Lufthansa and KLM give routes to China to Asian airlines (Expansion)
The CNMV suspends the trading of Applus shares (Reuters)
Ezentis appoints Francisco José Elías Navarro as non-executive president (Reuters)
Jefferies upgrades Ence to ‘buy’ from ‘hold’; raises the target price to 3.65 euros from 3.50 euros (Reuters)
Enel increases the minimum dividend and will invest more than 45,000 million until 2027 (Reuters)
Nvidia’s new AI chips face server overheating issue, according to The Information (Reuters)
ECONOMY AND POLITICS
US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Brendan Carr, a critic of the Biden administration’s telecommunications policies and Big Tech, as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ( Reuters)
Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said the economy was making progress toward achieving sustained wage-driven inflation, but gave few clues about whether the central bank might raise interest rates again next month (Reuters )