European Economy Scared On Global Growth Concern

European shares widen their losses in mid-session Tuesday, sealed by concerns about global growth, while Wall Street is expected to decline slightly in opening.

In this context of fears about the global economy, the dollar regains its status as a safe and rose 0.2% against a basket of international currencies.

The Netherlands are in the same boat budget that countries “peripheral” to the euro area and must both reduce spending and implement structural reforms to revive an economy in recession and maintain market confidence, said Tuesday a government agency.

In Italy, Mario Monti starts Tuesday in perilous negotiations with unions on labor market reform, which he presents as a priority of his work as head of Italy.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke should speak during the day, one before the House of Representatives, the other at George Washington University.

In Paris the CAC 40 was down 1.19% (-42.56 points) to 3,535.32 points. In Frankfurt, the DAX yields 1.25% and London, the FTSE 1.03%. The pan-European index Stoxx 50 lost 1.08%.

The car wipes the biggest decline on Tuesday sectoral European markets, affected by fears of a slowdown in sales growth in Russia and China. The European index values ​​car loses 3.9%, with a decline of 4.76% to 6% of Daimler and Continental. In Paris, PSA sells 4.0% to 13.21 euros, Renault 2.74% to 40.4 euros, 21.92% to 3.31 Faurecia and Valeo 3.9% to 40.04.

Compartment behind the car, the material first leaves nearly 3%. BHP Billiton, the first Global Mining, said he saw signs of “slowdown” in demand for iron ore from China.

Capital Increase for French Group Orpea

The first French operator of facilities care for dependents in recent days announced a capital increase. The group Orpéa has indeed raised over 200 million euros in order to “increase the financial flexibility of the group in pursuit of its development strategy, particularly to strengthen its capital base to to seize external growth opportunities. ”

In a context where national budget extremely tight governmental plans of the major issues remaining to fund dependency, the business of housing for seniors is a must. The company is a good first half with an increase of 27% of its turnover to 595 million euros and a net profit of 40 million euros, an increase of 24%. The high debt is the consideration for the acquisitions, 1 660 million in 2011. Thomson-Reuters consensus is still to buy the title and retains its price target EUR 34.6 average.

Prices fell by nearly 17% decline during the summer markets. After forming an accumulation zone with a tightening of volatility (29.5/31.5 EUR), the title just to get away from the bottom of the horizontal canal. Indeed the recent announcement of a capital increase (19.5 EUR) generated during a violent adjustment by investors (two downside gaps at 29.87 EUR and 27 EUR).

Oil Production Increases In October

Norwegian oil production has increased, with 2.02 million barrels of oil equivalent in October, of which 1.7 million barrels of crude oil, respectively 5.6 and 9%, compared to September, said Wednesday the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). For gas, it takes 8% to 8.1 billion m3.

The country, the seventh largest exporter, has extracted more black gold, despite reduced production in six of its oil fields, note the NDP: Gjoa stopped its activity to achieve maintenance, Grane has faced problems compressor, while Njord, twists, and Visund Volve experienced technical problems. However, compared to October 2010, the production of oil and gas dropped by 10 and 12%.