The Paris Stock Exchange is trading close to balance (+0.04%) On Friday, the latest wave of corporate results was not enough to relegate fears of a global recession to the background. The CAC 40 index gained 2.75 points to 7,541.58 points around 10:10.

On Thursday, it dropped 0.14% after having hung the day before a new record at 7,599.35 points. New weekly jobless claims rose more than expected, manufacturing activity in the Philadelphia area fell to the lowest since May 2020.