EMEA Earnings to Watch: Aramco, BP, Maersk, BNP, ING
Maersk may give a better glimpse of how exporters are coping.
Photographer: Bing Guan/BloombergIf the rebound in the Stoxx Europe 600 Index since Oct. 12 is anything to go by, third-quarter earnings have been resilient so far. After Credit Suisse Group AG on Thursday, it’s the turn of French, Italian and Dutch banks to show how they fared in fixed-income trading and net interest income, with BNP Paribas SA, Societe Generale SA, ING Groep NV and Intesa Sanpaolo SpA all set to report next week.
Recession fears notwithstanding, lenders are benefiting from central bank moves to tackle inflation, earning more on loans after years of navigating negative interest rates. The European Central Bank delivered its second straight three-quarter-point rate hike on Thursday, sending bank shares higher.