On Monday, Shares of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (NYSE:FCAU), lost -0.04% to $13.52.
FCA posted European sales of 70,500 units for the month of October, representing a 7.7% year-over-year improvement that was significantly higher than the industry average of 2.7%. For the ten months year-to-date, sales were up 12.9% (+8.2% for the industry) to 738,500 units. The Fiat Panda and 500 continued as leaders in the European A segment, with a combined share of 28.7% for the month. The 500 has also just passed the 1,500,000 mark for the number of vehicles produced in Europe. The Fiat 500L has now ranked as the best-selling Small MPV in Europe for more than a year (22.3% segment share year-to-date) and the 500X has firmly established itself as one of the most popular vehicles in the Small SUV segment. On the back of these individual performances, the Fiat brand continued to outperform the industry average with October sales up 8.6% year-over-year. Jeep brand sales were up 145.6% for the year-to-date, driven by the performance of the Renegade that ranks among the top ten in its segment.
In October, the European passenger car market (EU28+EFTA) posted new vehicle registrations up 2.7% to more than 1,144,000 units.
For the ten months year-to-date, registrations were up 8.2% to nearly 12,000,000 vehicles.
FCA closed the month with sales up 7.7% over October a year ago to more than 70,500 vehicles. This marked the tenth successive month that the Group has outperformed the industry average, taking European market share to 6.2% (+30 bps).
For the year-to-date, FCA sales were up 12.9% to nearly 738,500 vehicles and share raised to 6.2% (+30 bps).
FCA posted sales improvements in most major European markets, in several cases outpacing the industry. In Italy, sales were up 10.8% in October and 16.8% year-to-date. FCA also posted sales improvements in: Germany (+7.5% year-to-date); France (+5.5% in October and +12.8% year-to-date); the UK (+6.2% in October and +4.3% year-to-date); and Spain (+16.9% in October and +27.7% year-to-date).
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., an automotive group, designs, engineers, manufactures, distributes, and sells vehicles and components. It offers passenger cars, light trucks, and light commercial vehicles under the Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Fiat Professional, Jeep, Lancia, and Ram brand names, in addition to after-sales services and parts under the Mopar brand name.
Shares of ENSCO PLC (NYSE:ESV), inclined 1.43% to $17.75, during its last trading session.
Ensco plc, declared that Jon Baksht has been named chief financial officer. He will be based in London and succeeds Jay Swent, who is retiring effective at year end.
Baksht most recently was vice president – finance after joining Ensco as vice president – treasurer. His professional career comprises experience in investment banking and consulting. Baksht has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Administration at Northwestern University and a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Texas.
“We look forward to Jon leading our accounting, treasury, tax, audit, financial planning and administration systems functions,” said CEO Carl Trowell. “Jon has already demonstrated a leading role in the financial and planned administration of the company and his preceding experience positions him well to take on this new role.”
Ensco plc provides offshore contract drilling services to the oil and gas industry worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Floaters, Jackups, and Other. The company owns and operates offshore drilling rig fleet of 70 rigs, counting 10 drillships, 13 semisubmersible rigs, 5 moored semisubmersible rigs, and 42 jackup rigs located in North and South America, the Middle East and Africa, the Asia Pacific rim, Europe and the Mediterranean, and Brazil. It also offers administration services on rigs owned by third-parties.
Finally, Shares of salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE:CRM), ended its last trade with 0.83% gain, and closed at $76.23.
Salesforce, declared a new integration between Desk.com and Sales force IQ that delivers smarter customer service and sales for SMBs. Now, Desk.com, the all-in-one customer service app for fast-growing companies, and Sales force IQ for Small Business, the easy, proactive and smart sales solution that provides an intelligent way for SMBs to close more deals, are coming together to supercharge service and sales teams.
Now, more than ever, customers expect companies to deliver fast and personalized experiences to across every channel and at any time. But, nearly 80 percent of SMBs aren’t equipped to meet the needs of customers because they aren’t connecting their essential business apps.[1] SMB teams often have a siloed view of the customer, resulting in missed growth opportunities for the company.
By bringing together Desk.com and Sales force IQ, Sales force is not only breaking down the barriers between service and sales teams to provide a unified view of the customer, but also giving SMBs the power of Relationship Intelligence to grow their businesses. Relationship Intelligence from Sales force IQ leverages data science to automatically capture, analyze and surface information that is relevant for customer relationships from email, calendars and more. It seeks out the patterns needed to provide insights into future outcomes and proactively recommends actions to build stronger relationships with customers. Relationship Intelligence sets a new standard for sales solutions with Sales force IQ, and will deliver new breakthroughs for service organizations.
salesforce.com, inc. provides enterprise cloud computing solutions, with a focus on customer relationship administration to various businesses and industries worldwide. The company offers enterprise cloud computing apps and platform services, counting Sales Cloud for sales force automation, which enables companies to store data, access accurate customer and prospect information, track leads and progress, forecast opportunities, and collaborate around any sale on desktop and mobile devices; Service Cloud that enables companies to connect address customers service and support needs; and Marketing Cloud, which enables companies to map customer journeys to digital marketing interactions through email, mobile, social, Web, and connected products.