Published on : 22/09/2022 – 18:44Modified : 22/09/2022 – 18:42
Paris (AFP) – The Paris Stock Exchange ended sharply down 1.87% on Thursday, hardly accepting the determination of the American central bank to raise its main key rate sharply and more durably than expected.
The star CAC 40 index fell 112.83 points to 5,918.50 points, the day following an attempted rebound (+0.87%).
The Parisian rating opened sharply lower before rising over the course of the day. But the awakening of the American markets made it plunge once more. In ten days, it went from more than 6,300 points to a level that brings it closer to its low point for the year (5,795 points on July 5).
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its main rate by 0.75 percentage points, bringing it to a range of 3% to 3.25%. They were just above 0% at the start of the year.
Above all, the message conveyed by the president of the institution Jerome Powell was that the rates would go up “higher” and stay there “longer” than market expectations so far, notes Benjamin Melman, director of the investment by Edmond de Rothschild AM.
Some investors were “still considering rate cuts through 2023” as Fed members’ forecasts now target a rate around 4.5% for the end of the current year and for 2023, supports- he.
On the debt market, France’s interest rate for the 10-year loan rose to a new high since 2014, standing at 2.52% following touching 2.55% a little earlier. .
The banking sector was thrilled by the context of rate hikes: at the top of the CAC 40, Societe Generale rose by 1.60% to 23.51 euros, BNP Paribas by 0.53% to 48.22 euros and Crédit Agricole n gave up only 0.32% to 9.16 euros.
All companies in the real estate sector suffered on Thursday, like the shopping center giant Unibail-Rodamnco Westfield, which fell 5.98% to 45.82 euros, the worst drop in the CAC 40.
Among the other sectors that traditionally suffer from this context, technology (STMicroelectronics -5.96% to 34.66 euros; Teleperformance -5.11% to 262 euros), luxury (Hermès -4.92% to 1,208 euros; LVMH -2.91% to 624.90 euros), or even fairly indebted companies, such as Alstom (-5.27% to 17.88 euros).
The M6 television and radio group (+6.37% to 13.35 euros) is once more the subject of a “market test” by its owner RTL Group, a subsidiary of the German Bertelsmann, following the failure of its merger with TF1 (+ 1.66% to 6.44 euros) for competitive reasons, AFP learned on Thursday.
In addition, Canal + (owned by Vivendi +0.14% to 8.39 euros), is not obliged to broadcast the TF1 channels once more on its satellite offer according to an order from the Paris Commercial Court whose AFP became aware on Thursday.
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