Company Headlines
HRADF and Latsis to proceed with the placement of HELLENiQ ENERGY stake this Thursday
The books for the up to 12% placement of HELLENiQ ENERGY shares controlled by the HRADF and Latsis’ Paneuropean Oil & industrial Holdings (which hold 35.5% and 47.1% stakes in the company respectively), will open this Thursday.
HELLENiQ ENERGY’s ELPEDISON to perform a market test for a new FSRU (press)
ELPEDISON (a 50%/50% JV between EDISON and HELLENiQ ENERGY), will proceed with a non-binding market test for a new FSRU in Thessaloniki, regardless if it will also proceed with the construction of a CCGT plant in the city or not.
Coca Cola HBC Share Buyback program
The company announced that it purchased on 01 December, 82,722 ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange, BATS Chi-X Europe and Aquis Stock Exchange Limited at an average price of £22.1413/share and now holds 621,919 own shares.
Ideal Holdings credit rating at AA
The company announced that the Credit Rating Agency ICAP CRIF S.A. has carried out an assessment of its creditworthiness and has assigned an AA credit rating, placing the company in a low credit risk category.
ASE lost 37bps with turnover a touch below EUR 80m. Uninspiring session across the board, with the exception of ATHEX, up 2.2%. Correction for the banks, with index down 1.1%, and NBG being the worst performer, down 1.8%. Defensive performance for Piraeus Bank, up 43bps. Aegean and Jumbo down, 1.6% and 1.2% respectively. HELLENiQ ended the day recording losses of 1.7% at EUR 7.45/share
MACRO – CORPORATE NEWS
Athens International Airport (AIA) arrivals in November 2023 increased 18.8% yoy (1.9m passengers). For the 11-month period, AIA arrivals reached 26.3m, up 3.1% vs 2019 levels.
BANKS
According to BoG data, the average cost of new deposits increased by 3bps qoq to 46bps driven by the rise in new time depos to 1.77% (from 1.73% in Sept). For corporate time depos rates increased to 3.06% from 2.85% in Sept. On the credit side, the average yield on new disbursements reached 6.17% (+2bps qoq). On outstanding depos, the average cost of deposits remained stable mom at 46bps with the average loan yield increasing further to 6.39% (+4bps mom).
HELLENIQ ENERGY
The placement of 10% (+1% depending on demand) will take place tomorrow with a discount of 7-8%.
Market Comment // Trading within a tight range intraday, the Greek market edged -0.37% lower on Monday (1,275 points) as investors looked to capitalize on the recent positive streak. Trade activity picked up, reaching €82m by the close, still below the 100-day moving average of €113m. Fourlis (-2.02%), NBG (-1.78%) and HelleniQ Energy (-1.72%) were the main standouts among laggards, followed by Aegean Airlines, Cenergy, Eurobank, Jumbo and Ellaktor (on >1% losses). On the flipside, ATHEX (+2.26%) and Entersoft (+2.21%) outperformed gainers, trailed by Dimand, Austriacard and ADMIE, on gains surpassing +1.6%. Global futures point to a mildly negative opening today as risk appetite fades ahead of critical US job market data later in the week that will shape expectations regarding policy prospects.
Economy // Greece to release Q3 GDP data tomorrow (at 10:00 GMT); BBG consensus is looking for 2.6% yoy growth, following +2.7% in Q2 and +2.0% in Q1.
HelleniQ Energy // The private placement for 10% of the Group’s shares (plus an additional 1% if demand is strong) is likely to take place tomorrow (Wednesday); the discount on offer is likely to settle near 7.5%-8%.
Banks // The interest rate spread between new loans and deposits narrowed marginally m/m in October (down by 1bps), while the spread for existing ones experienced a fresh increase (up by 4bps).
Tourism // 11-month traffic has shaped 10% above the respective 2019 period (+24.5% yoy), with passengers reaching 26.3m. Across the segments, international passengers increased to 18.1m (+8.7% vs 2019 and +26.9% yoy), while domestic passengers shaped at 8.2m (+12.8% vs 2019 and +19.4% yoy). In November alone AIA passenger traffic (1.9m) was 14% above the 2019 mark.
Titan Cement // The Group is set to issue a 5-year bond of €150mn, which is likely to be covered in full by the Greek banks; the respective interest rate will likely settle at 4.5%.
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