FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX Broker) - Shares in Bilfinger were among the best performers in the small-cap index SDax on Thursday, rising 1.3 percent. The industrial services provider is taking over the industrial services business Stork from the US group Fluor, primarily in the Netherlands and Belgium. UBS expert Gregor Kuglitsch praised the attractive purchase price for the Americans' non-core business. Even without an increase in profitability, Kuglitsch expects earnings per share to rise by 5 percent, but this could also be significantly higher. With a target price of €42, the expert is very optimistic for Bilfinger anyway./ag/mis

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