Just Eat Takeaway.com NV (LSE:JET, NASDAQ:GRUB) (JET) has demonstrated notable market share gains in the United Kingdom and Ireland (UK&I), highlighting a strong performance in what remains a challenging economic environment, said Shore Capital, analysing the food delivery group's quarterly trading update earlier.
According to the broker, the online food order and delivery service surpassed expectations with an 11% growth in gross transaction value (GTV) in the UK&I, notably ahead of the industry growth rate pegged at a mid-single-digit percentage.
The London Metal Exchange (LME) has recently enacted measures that, while significant, are not expected to induce an immediate supply-demand shock in the metals market, according to Goldman Sachs.
Despite barring new Russian supplies from April 13 onwards, these changes are primarily procedural, affecting how metals are traded rather than trade fundamentals, said the Wall Street bank.
Diageo can take little comfort from LVMH’s trading update, according to UBS.
"Overall, we think the topline results are a negative read-across for the European Spirits stocks," said the Swiss bank.
Investors in airline stocks should ignore Lufthansa's profit warning in assessing the potential for the sector, according to Liberum, with geopolitical risk remaining the key concern.
Growing tensions in the Middle East forced several carriers, including easyJet PLC, to cancel flights to Israel recently, the response from the market was measured rather knee-jerk.
As continental Europe’s largest technology company by market capitalisation (and third largest overall behind Novo Nordisk (NYSE:NVO) and LVMH), ASML’s results are always the subject of attention.
The Dutch group provides the nuts-and-bolts machinery used by TSMC, Samsung, Intel and others to manufacture the microchips that go into just about every data centre, computer and smartphone in the world.
Shares in Brazil-focused Serabi Gold (AIM:SRB, TSX:SBI) PLC were up 9% after a better-than-expected first-quarter production report - with the outperformance driven by the success of its Coringa operation.
Output for the period topped 9,000 ounces of the yellow metal, a high not seen since Q3 of 2021.
UK bank earnings season starts again on 24 April when Lloyds Banking updates, notes UBS, adding the domestic operators still look good despite an impressive share price run since the start of 2024.
NatWest (total return 31%), Barclays (23%) and Lloyds (11%) have performed well year-to-date but UBS has upgraded its targets for all three and the more in international-focused HSBC.
Chinese tourists saved the day for Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (EPA:MC), analysts said, noting that 10% growth in the quarter was driven by very strong growth in offshore purchases in Japan and Europe.
Overall first-quarter sales were weaker than analysts expected at 3%.
Shares in Helix Exploration PLC look cheap, based on analysis undertaken by two research groups that have begun following US-focused helium exploration (and soon-to-be production) group following its AIM float.
Helix successfully listed at 10p a share and moved to a strong first-day premium; however, the stock is now trading in a narrow corridor just above the IPO price.