2023-05-18 16:06:34
The Paris Stock Exchange ended up 0.64% on Thursday, letting itself be carried by the confidence of Wall Street on a positive conclusion to the soap opera on the raising of the American debt ceiling.
The star CAC 40 index rose 47.45 points to 7,446.89 points. Over the first four days of the week, it picked up 0.43%. Due to a public holiday, volumes were a little lower than usual, with less than €2.5 billion traded.
The Parisian rating even reached 7,480 points at the start of the session, its highest level since May 2, before falling in the followingnoon with a mixed opening on Wall Street.
The leader of the Republicans in the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy once more had statements on Thursday suggesting that the negotiations on raising the debt ceiling, crucial to avoid a default in the payment of the world’s largest economy, are concluding positively.
The first statements to this effect on Wednesday had pushed Wall Street forward, a movement which then arrived in Europe.
“There is a growing belief that the melodrama playing out in Washington is just a political play and that a deal will eventually be struck, as has happened many times in the past.” , summarizes Michael Hewson, of CMC Markets.
Other elements may have worked in favor of the Paris Stock Exchange, such as a fall in the euro once morest the dollar, which supports exporting companies, or the fact that European natural gas fell to its lowest session during the session. level for nearly two years, below 30 euros per megawatt hour. That’s barely a tenth of its price when it last peaked in August 2022.
At the same time, rates have risen sharply: that for the French 10-year loan exceeded 3% for the first time since May 2, while it was 2.91% on Wednesday at the close.
US central bank (Fed) Dallas office chair Lorie Logan said current macro data does not warrant a pause in the monetary tightening cycle at the Fed’s next meeting in mid-June. .
While they were almost unanimous in estimating that the Fed was not going to raise its key rates in June at the end of the last meeting in early May, market players now give a probability of more than a third to a new recovery, according to the consensus of CME group.
STMicroelectronics profite de Micron
The action of STMicroelectronics finished at the top of the CAC 40 with a jump of 3.59% to 41.59 euros, boosted by the announcement of the American technology giant Micron of an investment of several billion euros to produce in Japan new generation electronic chips.
Strong banks
Banking stocks were in demand with a renewed appeal for cyclical companies, those most closely linked to economic activity. Societe Generale gained 2.02% to 22.98 euros, BNP Paribas 1.72% to 59.64 euros and Crédit Agricole 0.99% to 11.81 euros.
Everything rolls for Trigano
The manufacturer of leisure vehicles Trigano reported on Wednesday a 7.6% increase in its net profit to 121.7 million euros in the first half of its staggered 2022/2023 financial year. Its action soared 13.32% to 131 euros.
Other values in the auto sector were well seen on Thursday, such as Renault (+2.86% to 33.62 euros), Stellantis (+2.06% to 15.14 euros), Michelin (+1.64% to €27.91).
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