Deutsche Post, Continental, JDE Peet's, Symrise, Curaleaf, Bâloise, Fuchs Petrolub, ITV Plc, Dufry, Leonardo, Siltronic, Elis and Salvatore Ferragamo are among companies reporting their earnings today.

 

Bâloise: The insurer's net profit contracted by more than 37% to CHF 434 million in 2020. An unchanged dividend of CHF 6.40 will be proposed.

Continental: the German tire maker is aiming for a 5-6% EBITDA margin this year, with revenues of €40.5 to €42.5 billion.

Dufry: operating loss reaches CHF 1.56bn, due to a 71% plunge in 2020 revenues to CHF 5.56bn. Analysts did not expect such a heavy loss.

Galenica: 2020 results are close to market expectations, while a dividend of CHF 1.80 will be proposed.

Panasonic falls after rumors of a takeover of the American company Blue Yonder for JPY700bn (approximately €5.4bn).

Johnson & Johnson warned the European Union that supply difficulties could prevent it from meeting its contractual commitment to deliver 55 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine by the end of June, a European official told Reuters.

ENI wants to float an entity composed of its renewable and distribution assets on the stock market, Reuters has learned.

The IPO of Vantage Towers, Vodafone's relay antenna subsidiary, will be in the range of Eur 22.50 to EUR 29.

Stadler Rail is awarded a €1 billion contract by RENFE for the delivery of 59 trainsets for regional traffic.

Pfizer and BioNTech's vaccine is effective against the Brazilian variant of the coronavirus.

New outbreak for GameStop and "meme" shares.

Novartis' canakinumab fails in one of its ongoing Phase III trials.

ION Capital launches public tender offer for Cerved at EUR 9.50 per share.

Frontier Group launches its IPO on Nasdaq.

Target has announced the launch of a new food and beverage brand, Favorite Day, on April 5, including more than 700 products in the areas of bakery, snacks, sweets, ice cream and edible cake decorations.

Greensill files for protection under the UK Bankruptcy Act.