- Bilfinger Berger share price at all-time high
- Out-performance compared withDAX andMDAX
- Higher dividend proposed
- Continuous and open dialog with the capital market
Positive stock-market environment
Prices moved upwards at German stock exchanges in 2006. Increasingly robust domestic economic situation and ongoing high pressure to invest liquid funds were the basis for significant share-price gains. Rising energy prices and political crises only had a temporary impact on this positive environment.
Nonetheless, there were also weaker phases on the stock markets during 2006. Between May and July, many stocks lost the gains they had made at the beginning of the year. There was also a high degree of volatility, and with large trading volumes, sharp price fluctuations also occurred.
Bilfinger Berger share price at all-time high
Bilfinger Berger's stock followed the generally positive market trend, and ultimately significantly surpassed it. The market paid a great deal of attention to construction and constructionrelated stocks. Share prices already rose sharply in the first four months of the year, due in particular to hopes of a rapid revival of the German construction sector. The threat of impairments on concession projects in Sydney and Lübeck and the generally weak stock-market sentiment in May meant that the share price fell again to the level of the beginning of the year.
The last quarter of 2006 was affected by a series of positive news from Bilfinger Berger, so the share price increased sharply. On the last day of trading in 2006, the share price reached a new all-time high, closing at € 55.52 or 38% above the price at the end of the previous year. And the price continued rising in the first few weeks of the new year.