The Israeli company Coca-Cola lost $4 billion in market value on Monday after Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo snubbed its drinks at a Euro 2020 press conference.
The soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo’s gesture at a Euro 2020 press conference on Monday wiped $4 billion off Coca-Cola’s market value.
Ronaldo, sat beside Portugal manager Fernando Santos ahead of his team’s match against Hungary, irritably set aside two bottles of Coke, then picked up a bottle of water and said, “Água!” – the Portuguese word for water.
According to Business Insider; Coca-Cola’s shares, which had opened at about $56.17, had fallen by 1.6%, to $55.22, by the end of the press conference. Its market value dropped by $4 billion, to $238 billion from $242 billion. The soft-drink manufacturer’s shares continued to slide on Tuesday, falling by 0.3%.
Business Insider added: The company’s decline in market value was an outlier compared to the entire S&P 500, which rose 0.4% on Monday. The broad-based stock market index is up 13% so far this year, compared to Coca-Cola’s 0.6% rise in 2021.
Shares in one of the largest bottlers of the drink, Coca-Cola Bottling, fell by 4% on Monday. It’s down by 8% in the past week.
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