| In Bloomberg: Stocks rise and fall and for the European | | | | euros considered to be the highest increased since |
| markets the trend is just the same. | | | | December 2001. |
| DaimlerChrysler AG, world’s second-biggest maker | | | | LVMH Moet Loius Vuitton SA, owner of luxury brands |
| of luxury cars said that January was a good month | | | | that includes Loius Vuitton luggage and now the proud |
| for them since their US auto sales increased by 3.2% | | | | owner of Ford Motor Co.’s Aston Martin sports car |
| led by gains at its Mercedes-Benz luxury unit. The | | | | unit, said that their shares gained 25 cents or 0.3% to |
| automaker was able to sell 173,377 cars and trucks. | | | | 81.15 euros. |
| Sales of Mercedes-Benz increased by 37% while the | | | | MAN AG, Europe’s third-largest truckmaker said |
| Chrysler unit gain 0.5% increase in its shares. There is | | | | that they are in support of Chief Executive Hakan |
| an added 58 cents or 1.2% to 48.24 euros. | | | | Samuelsson in its pursuit for friendly talks to combine |
| Fiat SpA, the January sales of the Italy’s largest | | | | Swedish rival Scania AB and Volkswagen AG’s |
| carmaker rose by 5.6%. The company increased its | | | | Brazilian heavy truck unit. The shares increased 97 |
| share of the Italian market to 31.4% from 30.7% a year | | | | cents or 1.2% to 81.69 euros. |
| earlier. The stock gained 34.4 cents or 2.1% to 17 | | | | |