By Sara Sjolin, MarketWatch
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Here are some companies whose shares
made notable moves in European trade on Wednesday.
Losers
Carlsberg AS slid 2.7% after the Danish brewer warned that
problems in Russia and Ukraine will have a bigger impact on
full-year earnings than previously expected.
Balfour Beatty PLC: Shares tumbled 6.9% after the U.K.
construction firm rejected a sweetened merger offer from Carillion
PLC . Carillion shares lost 2.8%.
Luxottica Group SpA dropped 3% after Kepler Cheuvreux downgraded
the Italian eyewear company to hold from buy.
Gainers
Heineken NV (HINKY) shares rallied 7.7% after the Dutch brewer
said it expects organic revenue and profit to keep growing in the
second half of the year, albeit at a slower pace than in the first
six months.
Shares of Royal Vopak NV surged to the top of the Stoxx Europe
600 index, up 17%, after the tank-storage provider reported
better-than-expected second-quarter earnings.
Sydbank AS jumped 7.9% after the Danish lender said it expects
core income to increase this year and sees loan losses to be lower
than expected.
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