Accor, CNP, Deutsche Boerse, Novartis: European Equity

Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies may have unusual price changes in European trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are from the previous close.
The Dow Jones Stoxx 600 fell 1.4 percent to 172.86. Dow Jones Stoxx 50 Index declined 1.4 percent to 1,776.42. The Euro Stoxx 50 Index, a benchmark for the nations using the euro, decreased 0.7 percent to 1,977.50.

Accor SA (AC FP): Europe’s biggest hotelier reports full- year earnings before the market opens in Paris. Profit fell 30 percent to 618 million euros, according to the median of five analyst estimates, after Accor sold fewer properties and the global economic slowdown discouraged people from traveling. The shares added 52 cents, or 1.7 percent, to 30.38 euros.
Areva SA (CEI FP): The world’s biggest maker of atomic reactors reports full-year earnings after the market close in Paris. The company’s investment certificates lost 7.06 euros, or 2.2 percent, to 321.43 euros.
CNP Assurances SA (CNP FP): France’s biggest life insurer reports full-year earnings before the market opens in Paris. The company said earlier this month that 2008 revenue fell 10 percent to 28.3 billion euros. The shares fell 1.66 euros, or 3.3 percent, to 48.83 euros.
Daimler AG (DAI GY): The world’s largest truckmaker may be active after the European Automotive Manufacturers Association, or ACEA, releases the regions’ industry truck and bus sales figures for January. Daimler fell 3.4 percent to 18.63 euros.
Deutsche Boerse AG (DB1 GY): Europe’s largest exchange by market value reported a 18 percent decline in fourth-quarter profit because earnings last year were boosted by a one-time gain from a property sale. The shares added 1.3 percent to 35.96 euros.

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (HEN3 GY): The maker of Loctite glue and Right Guard deodorant plans to discuss full-year results. The shares added 0.1 percent to 17.85 euros.
Kemira Oyj (KRA1V FH): The world’s biggest supplier of pulp and paper chemicals will probably say it had a loss of 40.4 million euros ($51 million) on 612 million euros in revenue, the mean analyst prediction. Kemira slid 2.8 percent to 4.82 euros.
Novartis AG (NOVN VX): Switzerland’s second-largest drugmaker said first-quarter results will be “severely impacted” because of currency swings. Shares fell 92 centimes, or 1.9 percent, to 47 francs.

Swiss Reinsurance Co. (RUKN VX): The second-biggest reinsurer turned to Warren Buffett for a “quick solution” to a need for capital that otherwise could “only be diminished over time,” Chief Financial Officer George Quinn told Finanz und Wirtschaft in an interview. Shares fell 1.01 francs, or 7 percent, to 13.15 francs.


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