Air Liquide
Air Liquide has compiled data to facilitate financial modeling of its results for the 2025 fiscal year. The specialist in industrial, medical, and technological gases recalled that in the third quarter, currency effects had a -4.2% impact on its revenue, and for the fourth quarter, it is expected to be around -6%, or approximately -3.5% for the full year.

Alstom
Alstom has secured three orders totaling approximately 2.5 billion euros. Specifically, the smart and sustainable mobility specialist has been selected to supply rolling stock to a client in the Americas region for about 1.4 billion euros. Meanwhile, in Europe, the company has won an order tied to a framework agreement for the supply of rolling stock worth 0.6 billion euros. Finally, still in Europe, Alstom has obtained a contract for rolling stock and associated maintenance, valued at around 0.5 billion euros.

Equasens
Equasens will take a majority stake (80%) in Erevo's capital. Founded in 2018 in Marseille, Erevo specializes in professional training, designing, producing, and distributing online courses for healthcare professionals, including nurses and general practitioners.

Exail Technologies
Exail Technologies has announced the signing of a major order for several hundred K-STER mine neutralization drones, destined for navies in several countries. The value of this contract is about 40 million euros and represents the second largest order ever recorded for this type of equipment, following a 60 million euro agreement signed in 2024.

Klepierre
Klepierre announces the completion, by the end of 2025, of the acquisition of Casamassima, a leading shopping center in the Bari metropolitan area, in Italy's Apulia region, which has a population of 1.4 million.

Nicox
Nicox has announced the full repayment of its debt with Kreos Capital and is extending its cash runway beyond 2027 thanks to new additional financing. With this repayment, the ophthalmology-focused company has lifted all securities on its assets and ended Kreos Capital's right to appoint a censor to the board of directors. In addition, the company has announced a bond issue subscribed by a group of European investors, including Vester Finance.

Saint-Gobain
On December 30, Saint-Gobain formed a joint venture with a subsidiary of Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa (an Indonesian cement company 53% owned by Heidelberg Materials), held 60% by the French group and 40% by its local partner. The goal of this joint venture is to acquire Indocement's mortar activities in Indonesia.

Sanofi
Sanofi reports that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted for priority review the supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for its Tzield (teplizumab-mzwv) for young children with stage 2 type 1 diabetes.

STMicroelectronics/Soitec
This Friday, on the first trading session of 2026, technology stocks were especially in demand, particularly those related to semiconductors. STMicroelectronics rose by 4.46% to 23.44 euros, and Soitec jumped by 7.24% to 24.87 euros. They notably benefited from a "Baidu effect," after the Chinese company's chip division had a highly successful IPO in Shanghai. The sector was also buoyed by a technical rebound following a challenging 2025.