(Paris – CercleFinance.com) – The Paris Bourse starts the session higher this morning despite the tightening of political tensions in the United States, which raises the risk aversion in some markets. The CAC 40 index advances by 0.3% to 5635 points.
Wall Street rebounded in the red on Thursday, as the business of telephone conversation between Donald Trump and the Ukrainian president rebounded with the disclosure of new elements raised by the 'whistleblower' regarding the investigation requested by the president American on his rival Democrat Joe Biden.
In particular, it appears that Trump attempted to restrict access to documents to members of the secret services.
It would be one of them who would have launched the case, on the grounds that it would be an attempt to influence the presidential election of 2020 through a foreign power.
Sign of the nervousness of investors, the CBOE index of volatility rose 0.7% to 16.1 points, while the ounce of gold remains firmly anchored in the $ 1515 area.
In Asia, the Tokyo Stock Exchange ended losses of around 0.8% Friday.
The German 10-year-old and Treasuries also continue to enjoy their safe haven status, as do the yen and the Swiss franc.
On the oil market, US light crude is currently yielding 0.4% to 56.2 dollars.
New developments in the Ukrainian business overshadow the hopes of a Sino-US deal, which had supported the market on Wednesday.
Investors should in any case remain wait-and-see before the release of Michigan consumer confidence, expected later this afternoon.
The durable goods orders statistics, to be released at 2.30 pm, are expected to fall by 1% in August, following a rise of 2.1% the previous month.
In France, consumer prices would increase by 0.9% in September 2019 according to INSEE, after + 1.0% the previous month. Household consumer spending on goods is stable in volume in August 2019, also indicates INSEE (+ 0.0% after + 0.4%).
On the stock side, Capgemini said yesterday that the Committee for Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS, according to the American acronym) had authorized its proposed acquisition of Altran.
Carrefour has announced the closing of the sale of 80% of Carrefour China to the Chinese group Suning.com.
Arkema announces this morning the purchase of the shares of its partner Taixing Sunke Chemicals in their Chinese joint venture dedicated to acrylic monomers, whose French chemist now holds the entire capital.
Deutsche Bank confirmed this morning its buying advice on the title of the French chemical group Arkema, judged excessively discounted. The target price is 115 euros.
Thales will hold a CMD on October 3rd in Paris, which Oddo sees as a catalyst for the title. Prior to this meeting, Oddo confirms its Purchasing Value Board and its target price of 129.5 E.
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