FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - In a generally friendly environment for automotive stocks again, the shares of commercial vehicle manufacturers attracted positive attention on Thursday due to an optimistic analyst study. The French investment bank Exane BNP radiated a certain optimism for commercial vehicles, among other things, in an outlook for 2025.

Above all, this resulted in a 3.7 percent increase in the share price of Traton, as the shares of the VW subsidiary were upgraded to "outperform" by Exane expert Jonathan Mounsey. However, the shares of Daimler Truck and Iveco were only slightly behind with a rise of at least 2.5 percent, confirming Exane's already optimistic assessments. Exane remains neutral for Volvo, where the share price rose somewhat more moderately by 1.3 percent.

After a long phase of destocking, Mounsey believes that the order situation for capital goods has generally bottomed out. In addition to the commercial vehicle sector, the expert also expects a return to growth in the industrial and construction sectors. In addition to Traton, there were also upgrades for Kone, Assa Abloy and Spirax. Their shares rose by up to three percent./tih/jha/