The Paris Bourse on its highest annual - December 23, 2009
Around 12:30, the CAC 40 rose 0.68% to 3924.80 points, after already accumulated a gain of 2.70% since Monday. The index crossed above its previous year which stood at 3918 points. On Tuesday, the CAC 40 ended on annual record for 3898 points, up 0.68%. The rally bullish year end is continuing on the European and U.S. indices. Yesterday, the publication of a further rise in housing resales (+7.4% in November) in the United States has reassured investors on the takeover of the U.S. real estate. The Dow Jones gained 0.49% at 10,465 points, not far from its peak of 14 months to the end (10,501), reached last December 14. The Nasdaq, have banked 0.68% to 2253 points.
On the macroeconomic front, the market will monitor publications in the United States.Will be announced expenditure and income of households in November at 14h30, the index of consumer confidence in Michigan in December and new home sales in November to 16 hours and the weekly oil inventories at 16:30.
On the values front, Sanofi-Aventis to top
Among the largest increase in the CAC 40, Sanofi-Aventis is 1.91%. The pharmaceutical company would consider acquiring a stake in the Danish biotech company Zealand Pharma.
Maurel & Prom gained 3.94% after the announcement of successful tests on the exploration well OMGW-1 (Gwedidi-1), located in Gabon, on the exploration permit Omoueyi.
According to the newspaper Le Figaro, Veolia (+1.26%) ally himself with the Italian railway company Trenitalia to launch TGV from France in 2012 to compete with the station.
EDF (+0.71%) could open the French market for electricity in Russia's Gazprom by Voices. "Gazprom will supply gas and electricity recovery in Europe," according to an anonymous source.
As for cuts, Suez Environnement recorded the weakest performance (-1.54%).On Tuesday, the group announced a contract for 34 million euros for the construction of a factory responsible for the treatment of wastewater PetroChina refinery, located in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, China.
As before, Thomson continues its movement yoyo, alternating between rising and falling to less than 1 euro.