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Mit AT&S On the company side, Zumtobel presented business figures. In the first quarter of fiscal 2020/21, sales of the Vorarlberg lighting group fell 15.4 percent to 250.8 million euros as a result of the Corona crisis. The result for the period collapsed by more than 71 percent to 3.1 million euros, but remained positive. Initially, the shares fell more than 1 percent at the opening of trading, but ended up being among the biggest price winners with a 1.25 percent advantage.
With AT&S (plus 2.34 percent), FACC (plus 2.27 percent) and Mayr-Melnhof (plus 2.09 percent), three titles gained more than two percent. Wienerberger had the highest demand among heavyweights and exited the market by 1.68 percent.
Strabag shares were able to recover somewhat from the previous day’s losses with a 0.78 percent price increase. Earlier in the week, the title of the construction company had come under pressure after the presentation of business figures for the first half of the year and had lost 1.71 percent.
On Tuesday, Agrana was now very weak and lost 3.04 percent. Regarding the forthcoming exit of the Agrana Leopoldsdorf sugar factory, Agriculture Minister Elisabeth Köstinger (ÖVP) expects “more commitment” from the group. “In recent years Agrana has invested very little”, criticizes the politician to the fruit, sugar and starch company in the specialized magazine “Blick ins Land”.
