Amsterdam shares TFN market data at 10.15 am - AEX flat, Pharming down, oils up

Amsterdam shares TFN market data at 10.15 am - AEX flat, Pharming down, oils up

	Published : Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:17 By : Agencies Print this Story

AMSTERDAM (Thomson Financial) - MAJOR INDICES

AEX 551.09, down 0.08 pct, 0.44 point

AMX Midcap 729.09, up 0.39 pct, 2.81 points

Government bonds mainly flat

MAJOR DECLINERS

-Pharming fell 2.23 pct to 3.51 after posting wider third quarter net loss.

-Van der Moolen was off 3.02 pct to 3.53.

-Aegon down 1.15 pct to 13.80.

-Wolters Kluwer was off 0.96 pct to 21.69 and Reed Elsevier 1.16 pct lower to 12.80.

-Unilever slid 0.89 pct to 22.26.

-Crucell down 0.85 pct to 14.04.

-Fortis continued lower, down 0.85 pct to 22.12 eur after the bank yesterday signed a new 10 bln eur credit facility to finance the ABN Amro buy.

-Heineken shed 0.50 pct to 49.93 with investors still worried over the costs for Heineken's possible takeover bid of Scottish & Newcastle in a consortium with Carlsberg.

-TNT slipped 0.71 pct lower to 29.19.

MAJOR GAINERS

-Boskalis Westminster strengthened 1.92 pct to 40.28.

-ASMI was up 1.56 pct to 20.82.

-Wessanen was 1.31 pct higher to 10.80 after SNS Securities upgraded the issue to 'buy' from 'accumulate' and lifted its target price.

-Fugro added 1.17 pct at 58.02 with investors warming up to the company's 18 mln eur order received yesterday. FBS Bankiers said the margins from the project should be good because the project needs to go underway quickly.

-Vedior added 0.95 pct at 16.95, Randstad put on 0.95 pct to 41.30 and USG People went 1.14 pct higher to 22.17.

-Arcelor Mittal was up 0.86 pct to 55.17.

-SBM Offshore rose 0.80 pct to 27.72 and Royal Dutch Shell lifted 0.54 pct to 29.95 as oil price reached all time highs and after Goldman Sachs lifted its recommendation for Royal Dutch Shell to 'neutral' from 'sell'.

-Ahold advanced 0.72 pct to 11.22 after Theodoor Gillissen upped the share's price target to 14.0 eur from 12.0, saying it believes the company's value improvement programme (VIP) 'does really work'.

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