European companies are wary of recession amid rising bad debt losses, report says - CNBC
European companies are wary of recession amid rising bad debt losses, report says - CNBC
European businesses are increasingly anticipating a recession in the near future as bad debt losses showed a marked increase in 2018.
Companies reported 2.31% in bad debt losses in 2018 as a share of total revenues, an increase from 1.69% in 2017, according to a report from Swedish debt purchaser Intrum.
The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) for IEV turned positive on July 02, 2026. Looking at past instances where IEV's MACD turned positive, the stock continued to rise in of 49 cases over the following month. The odds of a continued upward trend are .
Technical Analysis (Indicators)
Bullish Trend Analysis
The Momentum Indicator moved above the 0 level on July 02, 2026. You may want to consider a long position or call options on IEV as a result. In of 77 past instances where the momentum indicator moved above 0, the stock continued to climb. The odds of a continued upward trend are .
IEV moved above its 50-day moving average on June 11, 2026 date and that indicates a change from a downward trend to an upward trend.
Following a 3-day Advance, the price is estimated to grow further. Considering data from situations where IEV advanced for three days, in of 311 cases, the price rose further within the following month. The odds of a continued upward trend are .
The Aroon Indicator entered an Uptrend today. In of 317 cases where IEV Aroon's Indicator entered an Uptrend, the price rose further within the following month. The odds of a continued Uptrend are .
Bearish Trend Analysis
The Stochastic Oscillator has been in the overbought zone for 2 days. Expect a price pull-back in the near future.
Following a 3-day decline, the stock is projected to fall further. Considering past instances where IEV declined for three days, the price rose further in of 62 cases within the following month. The odds of a continued downward trend are .
IEV broke above its upper Bollinger Band on July 02, 2026. This could be a sign that the stock is set to drop as the stock moves back below the upper band and toward the middle band. You may want to consider selling the stock or exploring put options.
Notable companies
The most notable companies in this group are Merck & Co (NYSE:MRK), AstraZeneca PLC (NYSE:AZN), Boeing Company (NYSE:BA), BP plc (NYSE:BP), Suncor Energy (NYSE:SU), Allergan plc (NYSE:AGN), ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT), Prudential Financial (NYSE:PRU), Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE:ADM), EQT Corp (NYSE:EQT).
Industry description
The investment seeks to track the investment results of the S&P Europe 350TM composed of European equities.
The index measures the performance of the securities of leading companies in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland). The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its underlying index.
Market Cap
The average market capitalization across the iShares Europe ETF ETF is 50.71B. The market cap for tickers in the group ranges from 64.65K to 671.1B. ASML holds the highest valuation in this group at 671.1B. The lowest valued company is BAYN at 64.65K.
High and low price notable news
The average weekly price growth across all stocks in the iShares Europe ETF ETF was 0%. For the same ETF, the average monthly price growth was 3%, and the average quarterly price growth was 5%. DSY experienced the highest price growth at 59%, while ROG experienced the biggest fall at -14%.
Volume
The average weekly volume growth across all stocks in the iShares Europe ETF ETF was -5%. For the same stocks of the ETF, the average monthly volume growth was 6% and the average quarterly volume growth was 18%
Fundamental Analysis Ratings
The average fundamental analysis ratings, where 1 is best and 100 is worst, are as follows
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