FILE PHOTO: The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, August 6, 2020. REUTERS/Staff
August 12, 2020
(Reuters) – Telecoms stocks boosted European bourses on Wednesday following Liberty Global’s takeover offer for Sunrise Communications, while London’s FTSE 100 gained on bets of domestic stimulus after a collapse in quarterly economic output.
The pan-European STOXX 600 <.STOXX> was up 0.2%, gaining for a fourth straight session.
Sunrise Communications <SRCG.S> surged 26.8% after Liberty Global <LBTYA.O> launched a takeover offer for the Swiss telecoms group in a deal valued at 6.8 billion Swiss francs ($7.40 billion).
Wall Street indexes fell overnight on growing uncertainty about a stalemate in Washington over a fiscal stimulus deal, while data showed Britain’s economy shrank by a record 20.4% between April and June, the largest contraction reported by any major economy so far. [.N]
London-listed shares of European food-ordering firm Just Eat Takeaway.com NV <JETJ.L> also rose 3.3% after reporting higher revenue and underlying profit for the first half of 2020.
British online fashion retailer ASOS <ASOS.L> jumped 9.9% as it forecast full-year sales and profit significantly ahead of market expectations.
(Reporting by Sruthi Shankar in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)
