BMW is another 2 billion euros in stock returns
Munich – As expected, the car manufacturer BMW wants to buy back further shares. The DAX group said in Munich on Tuesday in Munich. A maximum of 350 million euros are made on the preferred shares, the rest of the tribes listed in the Dax. BMW had obtained the authorization from the Annual General Meeting last week for another share buyback. The new program should start in May and run by the end of April 2027 at the latest. The BMW share won up to 2.5 percent.
Only small customer projects: growth in hardware store chain Home Depot weakens
Atlanta – The world’s largest hardware store chain Home Depot continues to nibble on the sunken output of their customers. In the first business quarter, sales decreased slightly by 0.3 percent on a comparable basis, as the US company announced on Tuesday in Atlanta. Analysts had also expected a decline, but hoped for a bit.
Roundup/After a long doldrum: Chemical industry is adding at the beginning of the year
Frankfurt – The German Chemistry and Pharmaceutical industry left her long doldrums behind at the beginning of the year. In the first quarter, sales of 4.4 percent took 54.8 billion euros compared to the previous quarter, the Association of the Chemical Industry (VCI) said in Frankfurt. With around 480,000 employees in Germany, the industry made up for the slump in the previous months.
Roundup: Fuel cell manufacturer SFC Energy lists – drop in the course
Brunnthal/Munich – The fuel cell specialist SFC Energy has made a mew year start. Sales and operational result decreased. However, the management of chief Peter Podesser described the declining development as expected and justified it with a major project in India in the same period in the previous year, as can be seen from the quarterly report presented on Tuesday in Brunnthal near Munich. The board confirmed the annual goals, according to which sales and surgical results should grow. However, the judgment of the investors was devastating on the stock exchange.
Roundup: Vodafone in Germany under pressure – Kurplus despite the loss of billions
Newbury – The Telekom group Vodafone (Vodafone Group) continues to fight with significant declines in its largest market in Germany. All over the group, the British led to a loss of billions last year. The bottom line was that the net loss for the 2024/25 (end of March) was 3.7 billion euros, as the group announced in Newbury on Tuesday. A year earlier, Vodafone had made a profit of 1.5 billion euros. The group deducted 4.5 billion euros for business in Germany and Romania. Vodafone continues to suffer primarily from the elimination of the so-called ancillary cost privilege for TV cable contracts in Germany.
NVIDIA: $ 15 billion failure due to US export hurdles
Santa Clara-The chip group Nvidia estimates the lost business due to the tightened export restrictions of the US government to $ 15 billion. This loss of sales is added to the already reported depreciation of $ 5.5 billion for inventory, said Nvidia boss Jensen Huang in the “Stratechery” podcast.
IPO/largest IPO 2025: Battery manufacturer Catl starts strongly in Hong Kong
Hong Kong – The Chinese battery manufacturer Catl started his first trading day on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. At the start of the trade, the share was a plus of $ 296 Hong Kong $. At times, it was later even over 18 percent. Catl (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited) had already been approved for trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange last week. The company achieved an issue of around 4.6 billion US dollars (around 4 billion euros). It is the largest IPO of the year worldwide. The share has actually been traded since Tuesday.
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