(News Bulletin 247) – The Parisian index is up slightly at mid-session this Tuesday while the distribution group shows the biggest drop in the big barometer of the French Stock Exchange.

After a blank day on Monday (+0.00%), the CAC 40 is trying to move forward this Tuesday. The Parisian index rose 0.1% at mid-session to 8,161.56 points.

The market is showing a bit of wait-and-see attitude before the next economic data. “Risk assets paused while the dollar weakened slightly as investors waited for clearer signals from upcoming macroeconomic data,” observes Stephen Innes of Spi Asset Management.

Investors are awaiting the publication this Tuesday in the United States of orders for durable goods and the consumer confidence index. The second revision of GDP in the fourth quarter will be published on Thursday, the PCE index on Friday.

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BNP Paribas supported by Goldman Sachs

In the meantime, the values ​​are causing the CAC 40 to sway in one direction or another. BNP Paribas advances by 2% driven by an increase in its purchase recommendation from Goldman Sachs, which believes that the French bank should surprise the market in terms of profits.

Conversely, Carrefour lost 2.3%. The distributor announced an agreement to buy back 25 million (or 3.5% of the total) of its own shares from Galfa, a company owned by the Moulin family, itself owner of Galeries Lafayette. This for an amount of 365 million euros, but excluding 22 million euros of dividends carried by its shares. This operation will reduce Galfa’s stake to 7.7% of Carrefour’s capital. By restating the proposed dividend for 2023, the operation reveals a discount of 3.4%. Which may explain the downward pressure on the stock.

Rubis gained 6.8% while Oddo BHF moved to “outperform” on the stock following the entry into the capital of Vincent Bolloré’s group, which sends a positive signal.

Atos, for its part, dropped 6.8% after announcing the opening of a conciliation procedure with its creditors to lead to a debt restructuring procedure which promises to be heavy.

Micropole soars by 45% while the company is the subject of a public takeover offer from the investment company Miramar.

The euro advanced 0.2% against the dollar to 1.0857 dollars. Oil is moving forward a little. The May contract on North Sea Brent advanced 0.05% to $86.12 per barrel, while that of the same expiry on New York WTI gained 0.1% to $82.04 per barrel.