Main earnings releases. Toyota Motor, Allianz, Deutsche Telekom, Iberdrola, Merck KGaA, Bayer, Zurich Insurance, Electricité de France, Coupang , Ahold Delhaize, Fortum , CNP Assurances...
- Ubisoft: Results for the fiscal year ended March 31 were up. For the new year, the group is targeting adjusted operating income of between €420 million and €500 million.
- Allianz: the insurer reported quarterly results above consensus expectations.
- Bayer: Q1 earnings rose sharply. Forecasts are confirmed.
- Commerzbank: 2021 targets raised for Germany's second largest bank.
- Deutsche Telekom: the operator raises its 2021 guidance on the sidelines of its Q1 earnings release.
- Electronic Arts: quarterly results allow the stock to gain 2% in after-hours trading.
- Toyota: the manufacturer's forecasts for the new financial year are lower than expected. The group announced a five-for-one stock split scheduled for next October.
- Nissan Motor falls more than 10% in Tokyo after disappointing forecasts.
- SAP SE's chairman's foundation is involved in a joint venture with the software company without making the required transparency disclosures.
- Palantir allows bitcoin payments and plans to invest in crypto-currencies.
- Elon Musk asks the twittosphere if Tesla should accept dogecoin as a payment method.
- Prosus to buy 45.4% of Naspers.
- Xiaomi leaves US blacklist.
- US biotech Gingko to merge with SPAC Soaring Eagle for $17.5bn valuation.
- Dufry to operate shops at Teesside International Airport.
- Implenia completed the acquisition of BAM Swiss.