Mercedes-Benz sold its entire share in the Japanese company Nissan for 47.8 billion yen (about $ 325 million). After this, the Nissan shares fell by more than 6% – this is the strongest one -day fall since July.
Investors are skeptical of plans to restore the company. Nissan is faced with duties and a fall in sales in the USA and China. For the second quarter of 2025, the automaker recorded a loss of $ 535 million.
The shares were sold 341.3 yen apiece – with a discount of almost 6% of the closing price. Demand exceeded the proposal: about 70% of the papers went to ten largest investors. Mercedes-Benz said that the stock package had no strategic importance and the sale became part of the “portfolio cleaning”.
The main shareholder of Nissan is the French Renault, which owns 35.7% of the company. But she can gradually reduce her share, since the alliance with Nissan, as the media write, loses strength. Previously, Renault has already written off $ 11 billion due to the fall in the value of its share.
