Wood's ARK Innovation Fund on pace for best month ever as battered stocks surge

Jan 26 (Reuters) - Vergnet Vsa SA: * DRAWDOWN OF A FIFTH TRANCHE ON THE FINANCING LINE GRANTED BY NEGMA * THIS TRANCHE AMOUNTS TO EUR 700,000 AND WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP VARIOUS CURRENT AND FUTURE

Jan 26 (Reuters) - Balyo SA: * BALYO ANNOUNCES ITS SALES FOR 2022 AT EUR 24.1 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF +11% AND Q4 GROWTH IN ORDER INTAKE OF +108% TO EUR 10.6 MILLION VERSUS. Q4 2021 * Q4 2022 REVENUE

Jan 26 (Reuters) - Manitou BF SA: * Q4 22 REVENUES OF €730M, +54% VERSUS. Q4 21 * Q4 22 ORDER INTAKE ON EQUIPMENT OF €485M VERSUS. €1,080M IN Q4 21 * END OF Q4 22 ORDER BOOK** ON EQUIPMENT AT €3,521M

Jan 26 (Reuters) - Egide SA: * EGIDE: 2022 REVENUE * TURNOVER 2022: EUR 33.81 MILLION (+ 4%) * OUTLOOKS : CONFIDENCE IN LEVEL OF ACTIVITY EXPECTED IN 2023 * BACKLOG BEGINS AT OVER 60% OF 2023 BUDGET

Jan 26 (Reuters) - Stef SA: * Q4 REVENUE EUR 1.136,7 MILLION VERSUS EUR 949.7 MILLION YEAR AGO * CONFIDENT IN ITS ABILITY TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES OF ITS NEW STRATEGIC PLAN 2022-2026 * STEF GROUP

Jan 26 (Reuters) - Vinci SA: * VINCI CONSTRUCTION AND WILMOTTE & ASSOCIÉS ARCHITECTES ARE BUILDING THE FUTURE POLICE STATION FOR THE CITY OF NICE * A EUR 178 MILLION DESIGN-BUILD-OPERATE-MAINTAIN

Jan 26 (Reuters) - Mersen SA: * MERSEN DELIVERS A RECORD YEAR IN 2022, WITH SALES WELL ABOVE THE €1 BILLION MARK * FULL-YEAR 2022 TARGET FOR OPERATING MARGIN BEFORE NON-RECURRING ITEMS: AROUND 10.9%

(Adds CFO comments, paragraphs 8-9) By Diana Mandia Jan 26 (Reuters) - Elior posted a smaller-than-expected rise in first quarter sales on Thursday as the French catering group renegotiates prices

Jan 26 (Reuters) - * ADANI GROUP TELLS BONDHOLDERS SHORT SELLER REPORT IS ‘BOGUS’ - BLOOMBERG NEWS * ADANI GROUP PLANS TO RELEASE A DETAILED RESPONSE ABOUT THE SHORT SELLER REPORT ON FRIDAY -

PARIS, Jan 26 (Reuters) - France's armed forces ministry said on Thursday that it confirmed a new version of the 'AASM' munitions for the Dassault Rafale fighter planes that eing developed by Safran.