• Airbus: quarterly results are in line with expectations. The annual adjusted EBIT forecast is raised.
  • Caterpillar - The U.S. construction equipment giant gained 2.9% in premarket trading after reporting higher adjusted third-quarter profit on Thursday.
  • Sanofi: annual guidance raised after Q3.
  • Stellantis: confirms margin target after 14% revenue decline in Q3.
  • Anheuser-Busch Inbev: the group tightens its Ebitda growth guidance range.
  • Beiersdorf: Q3 in line with expectations. Annual forecasts are refined: organic growth is expected to be 8 to 10% and the operating margin at the same level as in 2020.
  • EBay: quarterly results disappoint. The stock loses more than 5% outside of the session.
  • Ford: the stock jumped more than 8% after the publication of quarterly results, even though the group fears that chip shortages will last until 2023.
  • Nokia: Q3 revenues in line with expectations.
  • Royal Dutch Shell: Q3 earnings are lower-than-expected. Third Point joins the company to push for a spin-off of the oil major.
  • Samsung Electronics: quarterly revenues beat expectations.
  • Northrop Grumman on Thursday reported 8% growth in quarterly profit and an increase in its adjusted profit forecast for 2021, driven by strong demand in its aerospace division.
  • Solvay: Q3 figures slightly ahead of expectations.
  • Hershey - The food company, which owns KitKat, Reese's and other brands, raised its annual revenue and adjusted earnings guidance.
  • Sony: quarterly operating profit exceeds expectations.
  • Linde - The industrial gases group said Thursday it raised its annual adjusted profit forecast for the third time.
  • Straumann: quarterly earnings beat AWP consensus.
  • Telecom Italia: quarterly results are weaker than expected, down sharply.
  • Unicredit: annual forecast raised to underlying earnings.
  • Universal Music Group: Quarterly results are in line with recent forecasts for the company, which was floated by Vivendi.
  • Volkswagen: Quarterly results beat expectations. 2020 delivery projections cut to "in line with 2020".
  • WPP: the ad group raised its 2021 guidance.
  • Brookfield to buy Scientific Games ' lottery division for $5.8bn.
  • Globalfoundaries - The semiconductor maker raised about $2.6 billion via its public offering and is set to list for the first time on Thursday. The IPO price puts its valuation at $26 billion.
  • The US FTC will take up Facebook's internal investigations, according to the WSJ.
  • Synthomerva to buy Eastman Chemical 's industrial adhesives business for $1bn.
  • Sweden's Cint buys US-based Lucid Holding for $1.1bn.
  • Exxon Mobil raises its quarterly dividend to 0.88 USD per share.
  • The European Commission opens an in-depth investigation into Nvidia's acquisition of Arm.
  • Property developer Kaisa falls on the stock market after a double credit downgrade.
  • MCH Group falls victim to a cyber attack.

Major earnings reports: Apple, Amazon, Samsung Electronics, Mastercard, Merck, Royal Dutch Shell, Linde, Volkswagen, TotalEnergies, Sanofi, Airbus, Dassault Systèmes, Anheuser-Busch Inbev...