EUROPE MARKETS: Deutsche Bank Shares Slide As Europe Stocks Drift Before ECB Meeting
July 24 2019 - 7:32AM
Dow Jones News
By Steve Goldstein, MarketWatch
Deutsche Bank shares tumbled Wednesday in an otherwise listless
European stock market which paused ahead of a critical European
Central Bank decision.
The Stoxx Europe 600 dropped 0.1% to 391.23.
The U.K. FTSE 100 fell 1% to 7,480.84, hurt after a brokerage
downgrade of heavyweight miners Rio Tinto (RIO.LN) , BHP
Group(BHP.LN) and Anglo American (AAL.LN) . See London Markets
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/miners-weigh-on-london-as-broker-calls-top-for-iron-ore-2019-07-24).
The German DAX rose 0.4% to 12,538.73 and the French CAC 40 lost 0.4% to 5,595.39.
What's moving markets
The mood in markets was hurt after the U.S. Justice Department
announced late Tuesday it was probing the U.S. technology giants
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-finally-admits-it-is-investigating-big-tech-for-antitrust-2019-07-23)
that have carried stock markets higher.
Closer to home, purchasing managers indexes in Europe flagged
rough economic conditions, with flash German manufacturing PMI
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/german-flash-manufacturing-pmi-slumps-to-seven-year-low-2019-07-24)
sliding to an 84-month low of 43.1 in July. Eurozone manufacturing
PMI fell to an 75-month low. Any reading below 50 indicates
contracting conditions.
Against that weak backdrop, the ECB on Thursday is expected to
lay the groundwork for an interest-rate cut in September.
Related: It's the ECB's turn to take a step toward further
easing when it meets Thursday
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/its-the-ecbs-turn-to-take-a-step-toward-further-easing-when-it-meets-thursday-2019-07-23)
Focus stocks
Deutsche Bank shares (DBK.XE) (DBK.XE) dropped over 2% to
EUR6.96, moving the stumbling German lender near its 50-day moving
average of EUR6.54. Deutsche Bank reported a EUR3.15 billion loss
(http://www.marketwatch.com/story/deutsche-bank-reports-35-billion-quarterly-loss-2019-07-24)
in the second quarter, after taking a 3.4 billion restructuring
charge, which was larger than it previously flagged. Excluding the
charge, it would've reported a lower-than-expected EUR231 million
loss.
Deutsche Bank shares have lost 35% over the last 12 months.
Battered U.K. broadcaster ITV (ITV.LN) enjoyed some relief, with
the stock jumping nearly 7%. The country's largest commercial
broadcaster reported a 16% drop in first-half pretax profit and
announced new cost savings. The stock is still down 34% over the
last 12 months.
Shares of chip equipment maker ASM International (ASM.AE) leapt
5%, with the company reporting a doubling of second-quarter profit
and new orders and a EUR100 million buyback program.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 24, 2019 07:17 ET (11:17 GMT)
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