• Carrefour: sales slowed down in Q3 but the annual free cash flow target is renewed.
  • Hermès: the group's sales rose 31.5% year-on-year to €2.37 billion.
  • Volvo: quarterly results exceed expectations.
  • ABB: quarterly results close to expectations, but revenue forecast reduced.
  • Barclays: Q3 beats expectations thanks to strong performance in investment banking.
  • International Business Machines: the stock loses 4% after disappointing results.
  • LAM Research: the stock loses 2.6% after the close in the wake of slightly disappointing results.
  • Schindler: targets confirmed after Q3 results in line with expectations.
  • Tesla: the stock is down 1.6% after the announcement of record quarterly results but a little short on revenues.
  • Unilever: Q3 sales beat estimates, but margin guidance unchanged.
  • PayPal is reportedly negotiating to buy Pinterest for $45B.
  • China Evergrande falls 10% after its re-listing.
  • Exxon Mobil 's board debates halting some oil and gas projects.
  • Bristol-Myers may sell its stake in Acceleron to Merck.
  • Blackstone acquires a majority stake in Spanx, valuing it at $1.2 billion.
  • Elliott acquires a significant stake in Canadian National Railway.
  • Novartis enters into a new production agreement with BioNTech for its Covid vaccine.

Major earnings releases: PayPal, L'Oreal, Intel, Danaher, AT&T, SAP, Hermes, Unilever, Atlas Copco, ABB, Pernod Ricard, Anglo American, Barclays, AB Volvo...