The control room of Euronext, the company that manages the Paris Stock Exchange (AFP / ERIC PIERMONT)
The Paris Stock Exchange rises on Monday, investors showing themselves reassured by the possible arrival of Scott Bessent as American Secretary of the Treasury and counting on a larger cut in ECB rates.
The flagship index of the French financial center, the CAC 40, gained 0.63% around 9:30 a.m., to 7,300.65 points. On Friday, it finished up 0.58%, at 7,255.01 points.
A series of gloomy economic data in Europe released last week, including slowing growth in Germany in the third quarter and disappointing PMI indices, cast a chill.
This bad news has turned into good news for European stocks, believes Ipek Ozkardeskaya of Swissquote Bank.
“Clearly, this poor set of data has reinforced expectations that the European Central Bank (ECB) may opt for a 0.5 percentage point rate cut in December rather than a moderate cut of a quarter of point” to support economic activity, explains the analyst.
“Monetary policy should not remain restrictive for too long. Otherwise, the economy will not develop sufficiently and inflation will fall, I believe, below the objective” of 2%, declared the leader economist of the European Central Bank, Philip Lane, in an interview with Les Echos published on Monday.
Luxury at its best
Luxury companies “represent more than 25% of the market capitalization of the CAC 40, making it one of the most heavily weighted sectors of this index,” recalls Ipek Ozkardeskaya.
And these companies “need strong demand from emerging markets, particularly China,” she continues.
They benefited Monday from the rise in Asian stock markets after Donald Trump's appointment of Scott Bessent, a Wall Street veteran, as American Secretary of the Treasury.
A choice considered reassuring by investors, who interpret it “as a sign that President-elect Trump could adopt a more measured approach in terms of customs duties and tax policy”, notes Stephen Innes, analyst at SPI AM.
The Kering group gained 4.09% to 218.70 euros, LVMH gained 2.47% to 597.40 euros and Hermes rose 1.78% to 2,056 euros around 9:30 a.m.
Atos in negotiations with the French State
The IT group Atos, in the midst of a financial restructuring, has entered into exclusive negotiations with the French State with a view to selling it the strategic activities of its “Advanced Computing” branch, which notably include supercomputers used for nuclear deterrence, he said. -he announced Monday.
The planned operation, which also concerns servers participating in artificial intelligence activities, covers the entire branch, for a company value of between 500 and 625 million euros, specifies a press release.
The group's stock soared 16.60% to 0.18 euros around 9:30 a.m.
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