The CAC40 is trending cautiously this morning for the '4 Witches' session, following a day which saw the Parisian index generally resist several lackluster statistics released in the United States. The index rose by just 0.3% towards 8190Pts.

"This afternoon's US data were relatively mixed", noted Michael Brown of Pepperstone on Thursday evening, pointing to a fairly solid rebound in retail sales, but also to the strongest annualized rise in producer prices since September.

"It is highly unlikely that the data will move the cursor in terms of the FOMC's outlook, with the first 25 basis point cut still likely to come in June", this market analyst nevertheless judged.

This third Friday in March will be marked by the '4 Witches', i.e. the quarterly expiry of four types of derivatives, as well as by a new salvo of statistics in the USA, including import prices and industrial production.

Parisian operators took note of the French consumer price index for February, announced as a provisional estimate at +2.9% annualized after +3.1% in January. Over a year, consumer prices in France rose by 3% in February 2024, according to Insee, which thus revised its provisional estimate.

In securities news, Bolloré published on Thursday evening a net income, group share of 268 million euros for 2023, after 3.4 billion the previous year, on stable sales of nearly 13.7 billion (-5% organic).

Following the announcement made in November, Spie announces the completion of the acquisition of ROBUR Industry Service Group GmbH, the necessary regulatory approvals having been received and all conditions precedent having been lifted.

Elis announces that it has placed a €400 million principal amount of senior unsecured notes under its EMTN (Euro Medium Term Notes) program, with a six-year maturity and an annual fixed coupon of 3.75%.

Euroapi has suspended its 2024 outlook, due to the suspension of API production at its Brindisi site in Italy due to quality control failures, a situation that is expected to impact the Group's operating and financial performance.

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