(BFM Stock Exchange) – The CAC 40 evolves slightly up at mid -session of Wednesday, August 6, while US customs surcharges are due to come into force on Thursday.
The Paris Stock Exchange continues to advance a senator pace. After losing 0.14% the day before, the CAC 40, its reference index, takes barely 0.3% at 7,644.89 points at mid-session of this Wednesday, August 6.
The market continues to scrutinize the potential new announcements on American customs from customs, while new customs duties, as acted in the decrees signed last week by Donald Trump, will come into force on August 7, that is to say on Thursday. As a reminder, the rate applied to European products will increase to 15%, as for Japan or South Korea.
“The markets first welcomed the revised customs agreements, in particular with Japan and the European Union, but this optimism fades quickly,” observes Stephen Innes of Spi am.
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“The main Japanese commercial negotiator is currently in Washington to clarify the details of what was supposed to be a concluded agreement, while the Swiss Minister of Finance tries to lower the high rate by 39%.
And the last salvo of President Trump-customs duties on semiconductors and pharmaceutical products-bears all the brands of a strong rope policy disguised as economic protectionism, “he judges.
Donald Trump also threatened to increase “very substantially” customs duties on India “very substantially, to whom he criticizes the purchase of Russian oil.
On the values side, Totalenergies takes 2%, wedging on the increase in its comparable BP which takes 2.3% in London after having revealed quarterly results marked by an operating profit and an operational cash flow greater than expectations, according to UBS.
Excluding CAC 40, GTT cedes 1.9%, suffering from a degradation of Berenberg who went from “buy” to “keep” on the title.
In Frankfurt, Beiersdorf, owner of Nivea, collapsed by 12.6% after lowering his prospects for 2025.
In other markets, the euro takes 0.2% against the dollar at $ 1.16. Oil rises. The October Brent of the Northern Sea contract takes $ 1.5% to $ 68.64 a barrel while that of September on the WTI listed in New York advances from 1.6% to 66.18 dollars per barrel.
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