
AMSTERDAM (Thomson Financial) - Amsterdam shares TFN market data at 10.34 am
MAJOR INDICES
AEX 546.56, up 0.19 points
AMX Midcap 723.64, up 0.13 points
Government bonds mainly higher
MAJOR GAINERS
-TomTom surges 7.15 pct at 60.85 eur as investors welcome its third-quarter earnings, operating and gross margins and raised full-year sales outlook
-Hagemeyer gains 2.46 pct at 4.99 eur after it said it will appoint Paul Zekhuis as chief operating officer to provide operational continuity in preparation for the retirement of CEO Rudi de Becker in April 2008
-ASML puts on 2.38 pct at 25.38 eur, while midcap peer ASMI dips 1.11 pct at 20.45 eur
-BinckBank puts on 3.05 pct at 14.20 eur as it declined to provide an update on the exclusive takeover talks of market peer Alex while it reported 9 months earnings that bested estimates
-Galapagos surges 21.11 pct at 8.26 eur on news of its partnership with Janssen Pharmaceutica to develop oral treatments of rheumatoid arthritis
MAJOR DECLINERS
-Randstad loses 2.60 pct at 40.47 eur with investors concerned over a slowdown in sales growth at the company's German operations as it presented third-quarter figures, while AEX peer Vedior shed 0.30 pct at 16.53 eur and midcap staffer USG People declined 1.75 pct at 20.80 eur
-Akzo Nobel down 2.17 pct at 55.91 eur after being cut to 'neutral' from 'overweight' at JP Morgan, while SNS cut its price target to 63 eur from 65 and kept its 'hold' rating after Akzo Nobel's third quarter results disappointed yesterday
-ING down 0.48 pct at 31.03 eur amid news it was assumed as 'equal-weight' by Morgan Stanley, with a target of 36 eur
-Stork falls 0.47 pct at 47.09 eur after reporting lower-than-expected third quarter results as Aerospace unit suffers amid uncertainty
-TMG flat at 24.00 after it said it had sold a 49 pct stake of its subsidiary Sky Radio Hessen to German radio company Regiocast after market close last night Aaron Gray-Block; aaron.gray-block@thomson.com agb/ra COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2007. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Thomson Financial News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Financial News.
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