- New entries : Altice Europe, CTS Eventim, Elia, Aedifica, Nexi, Allreal, Alstria and Immofinanz.
- Exits: Rockwool, DKSH, Jyske Bank, Banco Comercial Portugues, Viscofan, Bic, Boskalis and Springer.
- In the Stoxx Europe 50, several changes also:
- New entries: Iberdrola, Enel and Relx.
- Exits: Telefonica, Glencore and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria.
Aramco gets a new leader. Aramco's CEO and energy minister Khaled al-Falih will leave his position at the helm of the Saudi oil giant to Yasser al-Rumayyan, who previously chaired the kingdom's sovereign fund, a decision taken in view of the sea snake's IPO of a minority stake in the capital. This "IPO" could take place in late 2020 or early 2021. Initially, Saudi Arabia hoped to open its colossus' capital as early as 2018, but internal friction and market conditions discouraged it from doing so. To get an idea of Aramco's size, just look at its income statement for the first half of the year: the group's net profit reached 46.9 billion dollars.
Huawei furious at the U.S. Huawei accused Washington of orchestrating a campaign to intimidate its employees and launching cyber-attacks to try and infiltrate its internal technology systems, Bloomberg reports.
In other news. Xiaomi will buy back $1.5 billion of its own shares. The Chinese authorities are still planning to build a nuclear fuel enrichment site with Orano (formerly Areva), said Deputy Minister of Ecology Liu Hua. Legal proceedings are starting in Australia for Deutsche Bank, Citigroup and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ), suspected of being involved in a cartel. AstraZeneca at the top of the stock market after encouraging data for Farxiga, a diabetes treatment that could be effective against heart problems. Papua New Guinea will start hearings on a loan granted by UBS Group for a disputed investment by the local executive in the oil sector. Telia has offered concessions to the EU to obtain its approval for the acquisition of Bonnier Broadcasting. Glencore wins a tax dispute with Australia. Roche has once again extended the deadline for completing its offer for Spark Therapeutics, as it has not received the green light from the US FTC. Truck market players in the United States (Daimler, Volvo, Navistar) are suffering from order declines due to trade tensions between China and the United States. The MCH Group sells its shares in India Art Fair.