Accor, BNP Paribas, Royal Boskalis: European Equity Preview for Aug. 19

The following companies’ shares may have unusual moves in European trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are from the last close.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell 0.3 percent to 257.60. The Stoxx 50 Index dropped 0.5 percent to 2,506.04. The Euro Stoxx 50 Index, a benchmark for nations using the euro, declined 0.3 percent to 2,728.66.

Accor SA (AC FP): Europe’s largest hotel company will add a third hotel in Peru through its Ibis unit, Banco de Credito said. The shares gained 0.3 percent to 23.81 euros.

BNP Paribas SA (BNP FP): The chairman and chief executive officer of France’s biggest bank by market value made a total profit of 1.2 million euros exercising stock options and selling the shares this month, according to official filings with the stock market regulator. The shares lost 1.3 percent to 53.03 euros.

Royal Boskalis Westminster NV (BOKA NA): The world’s biggest dredging company may say first-half net income dropped to 82.8 million euros ($106.6 million), according to the average of four analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg, from 102.7 million euros a year earlier. Boskalis gained 2.6 percent to 33.03 euros.

To contact the reporter on this story: Kelly Bit in New York at kbit@bloomberg.net

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