(BFM Stock Exchange) – The Paris Stock Exchange Closes slightly increased this Friday, February 14, led by business results. The CAC 40 earns 2.58% over the week, the sixth consecutive in the green.

The Paris Stock Exchange puts an end to a dense week in news by finishing in the green. This even if the last hour of rating could augur a more heckled end of the course.

The CAC 40 ultimately grabbed 0.18% to 8,178.54 points this Friday, February 14, slowing down after a foray over 8,200 points.

Despite this blow of soft at the end of the day, the Parisian index therefore wins 2.58% over the week, approaching small touches of its historic summit in session at 8,259.19 points, reached in May 2024. The Dax in Frankfurt And other European clues have already repeatedly rejected their records this week.

Trump’s fuzzy outing on customs surcharge

Tricolore investors will still have to be patient a little to see new records fall. But the trend remains solid since the CAC 40 has a sixth consecutive week in positive territory. The hopes of peace in Ukraine and the results of companies relegated to the background the announcements of Donald Trump on customs surcharges.

The boarder of the White House promised on Thursday that he would impose “reciprocal customs duties” to restore “equity” in trade relations between the United States and the rest of the world.

But the American president did not give a calendar. The American Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lungick, however mentioned the possibility of implementing them in April, according to Deutsche Bank. “In the meantime, the question of whether this price threat will be used as a negotiation tool may remain unanswered,” judges the German bank.

The operators also learned this Friday of several American statistics, whose detail sales which fell more than expected in January, of 0.9% over a month, against a decline of 0.2% expected by the consensus.

Difficult day for Eutelsat

On the values ​​side, Hermès increased by 0.8% after having delivered impressive growth, 17.6% in data comparable to the fourth quarter, when consensus was around 11%. Even more remarkable since the fourth quarter 2024 remained a difficult period for the luxury sector.

Safran nibbled 0.1% after delivering results without surprise. But the market appreciated the fact that the company intends to clearly improve the margin of its propulsion division in 2025.

Eutelsat collapsed by 19.1% after delivering his results from the first half and warned of a second part of the complicated exercise.

In other markets, the euro resumed 0.4% to $ 1.05. Oil is down. The April contract on the Brent de Mer du Nord cedes 0.25% to 74.83 dollars per barrel the green while that of Mars on the WTI listed in New York fell 0.6% to 70.88 dollars per barrel.