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Volkswagen Share Price Struggles to Rally Despite a Swing to Profit

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Shares of Volkswagen (ETR: VOW) are trading about 1.5% lower today after the German car giant said it returned to profit in the third quarter.

Yesterday, Volkswagen reported earnings before tax of about 2.4 billion euros after posting a 1 billion euros loss for the first half of the year. Sales fell 19% on an annual basis in the first three quarters of the year, but have managed to recover in the third quarter.

A surge in demand in the last quarter was mainly boosted by customers in China – the biggest market for Volkswagen – as sales rose 3% in the quarter. Overall, VOW reported operating earnings of 3.2 billion euros.

As for the full year, the car giant expected lower revenue compared to a year ago, but still positive, on lower delivery numbers.

“The Volkswagen Group’s business continued to be heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic in first nine months. At the same time, the clear recovery trend in the third quarter shows how robustly our company is positioned,” Frank Witter, member of the Group Board of Management responsible for Finance and IT said.

Volkswagen stock price trades lower on the week October 2020

Volkswagen share price dropped about 1.5% to extend weekly losses to nearly 10% and print the lowest levels recorded in more than five months.

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Nigels tiefes Verständnis der Finanzmärkte basiert auf über 10 Jahren Erfahrung. Nigel wurde bisher zweimal von der FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) autorisiert und hat in der letzten Zeit eine Finanz-Brokerage Firma besessen und verkauft. Er liefert hochaktuelle Analysen und Einsichten in die Finanzmärkte und in die allgemeine Wirtschafts- und Währungspolitik des Vereinigten Königreichs, der USA, Europas und Asiens.