Adds detail on Ceconomy outlook, market capitalisation from paragraph 5
DUESSELDORF, Germany, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Shares in Ceconomy CECG.DE jumped as much as 15.4% to their highest level since April 2022 after Bloomberg News reported that China's JD.com had revived its interest in buying the German electronics retailer on Wednesday.
Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported that JD.com had recently approached Ceconomy about a potential deal and started sounding out the firm's large shareholders.
A spokespereson for Ceconomy declined to comment on speculation.
At 1200 GMT Ceconomy's shares were up 13.5% at 3.46 euros.
Electronics retailer Ceconomy, which operates under MediaMarkt and Saturn in Europe, has a market value of about 1.5 billion euros ($1.56 billion).
There had been previous speculation about interest from JD.com in Ceconomy in Nov. 2023.
Ceconomy said in December it aimed for EBIT growth of 10% or more in 2024/25.
($1 = 0.9603 euros)
(Reporting by Matthias Inverardi and Tristan Veyet in Gdansk, writing by Madeline Chambers, editing by Kirsti Knolle)
((Tristan.chabba@thomsonreuters.com))
免責聲明：投資有風險，本文並非投資建議，以上內容不應被視為任何金融產品的購買或出售要約、建議或邀請，作者或其他用戶的任何相關討論、評論或帖子也不應被視為此類內容。本文僅供一般參考，不考慮您的個人投資目標、財務狀況或需求。TTM對信息的準確性和完整性不承擔任何責任或保證，投資者應自行研究並在投資前尋求專業建議。