“The exceptional charges announced are colossal, to the point of exceeding the group’s current market capitalization alone”comments Matéis Mouflet, analyst at XTB France.
The manufacturer will not pay dividends in 2026.
A Bruxelles
The Bel 20 index remained penalized by arGEN-X (695.60) and UCB (262.00) which dropped 2.85 and 2.31%, the Brussels index finally giving up 0.14%, to 5,517.52 points with thirteen of its elements in the green, GBL (80.80) and Umicore (19.68) being unchanged.
The results of Lotus Bakeries (10,560) were thus greeted by an increase of 3.53%, AB InBev (64.26) increasing by 0.37%, KBC (120.25) and Ageas (63.00) by 1.09 and 1.37%.
Solvay (26.68) and Syensqo (76.58) on the other hand weighed on the trend by falling by 1.26 and 1.92%.
Real estate companies saw Aedifica (74.50) and Cofinimmo (88.20) progress by 0.61 and 1.15%, Montea (73.30) and WDP (24.58) by 0.69 and 1.07%.
Ackermans (263.00) and D’Ieteren (192.20) were worth 2.34 and 0.10% more than the day before, with Elia (125.90) and Melexis (53.25) gaining 1.21 and 0.76%.
Azelis (9.075) narrowly lost 0.17% while Sofina (241.40) was content with an improvement of 0.42%.
