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Let's take a look at some of the stocks on the move today here in Europe. I'm Caroline Hepgart with Stephen Carroll and we're joined by Binberg. We're port to Tiba Adebayo. Good morning. So we're thinking about the impact of the war in the Middle East and what is moving stocks in Europe. A move in Anglo American, what is the context there?
So slight moved downwards for Anglo American this morning, about as much as two percent drop. I mention it because it's interesting amidst this continued correction that we're seeing from precious metals. Gold is part of Anglo American's mining profile, and markets are of course remaining cautious after Trump's signal of a delay perhaps in strikes, which was seen as a potential step toward towards de escalation of this context of this crisis in the Middle East that was followed
by a denial of discussions from the Iranian side. But investors are also contending with perhaps broader economic growth fears, some citing potential long term damage to supplies to chains. So we're seeing Anglo American continuing its trend downwards since yesterday. Minor's potentially a sector to watch more broadly over the coming days.
Okay, so let's turn next to the investment company x OR. What did we learn from them?
So this is a firm which operates as a sort of diversified holding company. It does bring in finance for the development of its firms, and it operates across sectors, so it's perhaps a good barometer of broader economic conditions. It shares it down as much as seven point seven percent this morning, hitting the lowest level since September twenty twenty two. That's after they have reported this morning that net assets for the full year miss the average analyst estimate.
Some analysts from KBC saying this morning that that contraction was driven by external volatility and regulatory pressure. So perhaps shedding light on the global uncertainty across different industries which we've been seeing for a number of months now.
And then finally something different at M and A News, and this time in the consumer the beauty sector.
Yeah, so some news here for Pooge which is up as much as seventeen percent this morning, one of the biggest winners on the stock six hundred, and that's on reports that Esday Order could be in talks to acquire them in the hopes of creating a sort of cosmetics giant which would have twenty billion dollars in annual sales.
Now neither company has offered any details so far about the terms at this stage, but Pooge is home to perfume and fashion brands like Jean Porgotier and Carolina Herrera, which would put Esdaylorder in a better position to compete against the wor world's largest cosmetics company, which of course is Loreal Lorder. Investors, however, weren't initially pleased with this news, the stocks around eight percent at the close of New York trading, alluding perhaps to some investors positioning for some
m and a arbitrage here. But Lord of shares have risen over the passeng year on optimism about a turnaround strategy under their chief executive officer, so one to watch there as those talks and perhaps that acquisition might be confirmed in the coming days.
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