Additional European Equity News

Airbus (AIR FP) - Co. has launched its second tranche of its share buyback programme, with a total amount of repurchased shares up to 4.14mln. (Airbus)

Andritz (ANDR AV) - The Co. has received an order worth close to EUR 100mln to build a new mono-incineration plant for sewage sludge in Wuppertal. (Andritz)

AstraZeneca (AZN LN) - Co.'s koselugo has been approved in the US. (AstraZeneca)

Games Workshop (GAW LN) - Board expects H1 core revenue to not be less than GBP 310mln and pretax profit no less than GBP 135mln. (Games Workshop)

Halma (HLMA LN) - H1 (GBP): Revenue 1.24bln (prev. 1.07bln Y/Y), EBIT margin 22.8% (prev. 20.7% Y/Y), Board has proposed a 7% increase in interim dividend to 0.0963. Expects FY adj. EBIT margin around 22%. (Halma)

Investec (INVP LN) - Co. expects group performance in H2 to be broadly in line with the current period, sees FY group ROE to be within the 13-17% target range. (Investec)

JD Sports (JD/ LN) - Q3 Trading Statement: Co. is on track to generate strong FCF and complete GBP 200mln of share buybacks in FY26. Expects FY26 pretax profit to be within the lower end of current market expectations. LFL sales in North America have improved in Q3, however group LFL and North America Q3 sales are down 1.7%. (JD Sports)

Johnson Matthey (JMAT LN) - H1 (GBP): Revenue 5.35bln (prev. 5.31bln Y/Y), operating profit 117mln (prev. 527mln Y/Y), pretax profit 86mln (prev. 506mln Y/Y), maintains FY outlook. On Board changes, Alastair Judge has been appointed CFO and Executive Director , with current CFO Pike assuming the role of COO. (Johnson Matthey)

Londonmetric (LMP LN) - H1 (GBP): Net rental income 221.2mln (prev. 193.1mln Y/Y), EPRA earnings 148.6mln (prev. 135.4mln Y/Y). (Londonmetric)

Renk (R3NK GY) - 2030 Outlook (EUR): Revenue 2.8-3.3bln, adj. EBIT in excess of 20%. Share of defense business in revenue will increase. (Newswires)

Sika (SIKA SW) - Co. has acquired Awazil Al Khaleej Industrial, which will significantly strengthen the Co.'s position in the Saudi and GCC construction markets. (Sika)

Swatch (UHR SW) - Swiss Trade (Oct): Watch exports, CHF 2.2bln, -4.4% Y/Y.

TotalEnergies (TTE FP) - TotalEnergies CEO urged Europe not to become overly dependent on US LNG as it reduces Russian supplies, saying the US already provides about 40% of Europe’s LNG and President Trump is pushing to expand that share. (Bloomberg)