Annual report 2006 - Dexia.com

THE DEXIA SHARE
MANAGEMENT REPORT
COMPTES CONSOLIDÉS
THE DEXIA SHARE
EVOLUTION OF THE STOCK MARKET
PRICE IN 2006
The year 2006 marks a further rise of world stock markets,
particularly in Europe. The upward and downward trends of
the year were strongly correlated on the one hand to the price
of oil, which exceeded USD 70 a barrel at one point in the
year, with its negative impact on economic growth, and on
the other hand to the monetary policies of the Fed and the
ECB as well as the weakness of the US dollar, which lost 12%
of its value against the euro in one year. During the year a
large number of mergers and acquisitions in all sectors influenced
the stock market prices and volumes.
Against that background stock market indices climbed, with
the EuroStoxx50 up 15.2%, the CAC 40 17.5%, the BEL20
23.6% and the banking sector (EuroStoxx Banks) 22.5%. The
latter benefited from excellent results posted by banks as a
consequence of a favorable economy and the merger transactions
taking place in the sector.
The Dexia share began the year well and on May 11, 2006
had hit a high of EUR 22.20, but some of that ground was lost
at the end of May when the markets reversed.
The announcement at the same time of the acquisition of
DenizBank and the need of a capital increase to finance it also
weighed on the share price which ceded a maximum 9.4%
compared to the end of 2005. When the capital increase was
announced in September, the share took off, rising 17.6% to
the end of the year.
The Dexia share closed the year 2006 at EUR 20.75 in Brussels
and Paris, thus posting a rise of 6.5% in the whole year.
COMPTES SOCIAUX
STOCK EXCHANGE DATA
Dec. 31, 2005 Dec. 31, 2006
Share price (1) (in EUR) 19.49 20.75
Stock market capitalization (in millions of EUR) 21,579 24,136
(1) Average closing prices on Euronext Brussels and Euronext Paris.
DEXIA’S STOCK MARKET PERFORMANCE
Brussels
Paris
Share price as of Dec. 31, 2005 (in EUR) 19.48 19.49
Share price as of Dec. 31, 2006 (in EUR) 20.75 20.75
Highest price/Lowest price (in EUR) 22.04/17.66 22.04/17.64
Average daily trading volume (in millions of EUR) 33.05 37.57
Average daily trading volume (in thousands of shares) 1,456 1,866
DEXIA’S POSITION IN THE PRINCIPAL EUROPEAN INDICES
Weighting in index
Position
BEL20 10.01% 5
CAC 40 1.97% 18
Euronext 100 1.14% 26
Next CAC 70 1.26% 26
FTSE EuroTop 100 0.46% 96
FTSE EuroFirst 80 0.84% 51
Dow Jones EuroStoxx Banks 2.48% 13
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