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Wienerberger shares transfer larger

Wienerberger confirmed its steering on Wednesday, after first-half income grew 6% year-on-year to achieve 2.3 billion euros ($2.7 billion).
The constructing supplies agency posted simply over 380 million euros working EBITDA (earnings earlier than curiosity, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) for the interval.
Shares have been final seen buying and selling 0.6% larger.
— Jordan Butt
Tui features 1.8%
A Boeing 787 ‘Dreamliner’ airplane with the brand of tourism big TUI at Hanover airport in Langenhagen, central Germany.
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Shares of German journey operator Tui have been up 1.8% by 9:28 a.m. in London (4:28 a.m. ET), after the agency posted core earnings forward of expectations in its fiscal third quarter.
Tui additionally raised its full-year revenue steering on Wednesday, saying it had benefitted from diversification and a later Easter. The firm stated summer time bookings are down 2%, whereas common costs are up 3%, with a continued pattern towards later bookings from clients.
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Vestas shares rise after agency confirms outlook

Wind turbine maker Vestas has backed its full-year outlook this morning, regardless of posting a miss on second quarter revenue.
The Danish producer stated it had skilled good momentum within the EMEA area, however famous that political and tariff uncertainty stays, particularly within the United States.
Shares have been final seen buying and selling 1.4% larger.
— Brittany Dawe
Renk shares bounce 4.9%
Shares of protection big Renk are actually main the Stoxx 600 index, after gaining 4.9% as of 9:15 a.m. in London (4:15 a.m. ET).
Renk share worth
That comes after the German firm, which makes components for tanks, beat earnings forecasts for the primary half of the 12 months and reported a report order consumption.
— Chloe Taylor
Renk shares rise after income beat
A Leopard 2 tank gear transmission in a manufacturing corridor on the Renk AG plant in Augsburg, Germany, on May 8, 2023.
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German protection big Renk stated Wednesday that its order consumption hit a report excessive within the first half of the 12 months, after rising 47% 12 months on 12 months to hit 921 million euros ($1.1 billion).
It stated its protection enterprise was driving the expansion.
The firm, which makes gear containers for tanks, stated its order backlog hit 5.9 billion euros within the first half, and confirmed its full-year steering.
Second-quarter income jumped 27.5% to 348 million euros, beating analyst expectations, in keeping with LSEG knowledge.
Shares have been 2.3% larger at 8:20 a.m. in London (3:20 a.m. ET).
— Chloe Taylor
European shares open larger
Twenty minutes into Wednesday’s session, European equities are broadly transferring larger, with the pan-European Stoxx 600 gaining 0.45% thus far.
Germany’s DAX index is round 0.7% larger, whereas the French CAC 40 and London’s FTSE 100 have been final seen buying and selling 0.4% and 0.3% larger, respectively.
— Chloe Taylor
Global rally
Traders work on the ground of the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 12, 2025.
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It is not simply stocks in Europe which can be on the rise.
Overnight in Asia, shares have been rallying, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 hitting an all-time excessive and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Tech Index — dwelling to a few of China’s greatest tech corporations — including greater than 2%.
That adopted a session on Wall Street that noticed each the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite hit record highs, as U.S. inflation knowledge raised markets’ expectations of a fee minimize from the Federal Reserve.
— Chloe Taylor
Opening calls
The U.Okay.’s Met Office forecasts one other public well being warning for temperatures reaching 34 levels Celsius in London, as members of the general public cross Westminster Briidge, on Aug. 12 2025.
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Good morning from London, the place extra sweltering climate is on its manner.
Stocks are additionally trying set to warmth up considerably, with futures tied to the FTSE 100 final seen buying and selling 0.2% larger. Those tied to the German DAX are 0.5% larger, whereas futures tied to the French CAC 40 are up by 0.4%.
— Chloe Taylor