(BFM Stock Exchange)-The Parisian index begins the week in withdrawal, still dependent on developments in the situation in the Middle East, especially after the American strikes in Iran, this weekend.

The Paris Stock Exchange begins the week on a prudent note, without giving in to panic. This Monday, June 23, the CAC 40 fence in decline from 0.69% to 7,537.57 points.

Investors continue to scrutinize the situation in the Middle East, on the 11th day of the conflict between Israel and Iran. This Monday, the Israeli army indicated that it had led strikes “of unprecedented power against targets of the regime and repression bodies” in Tehran, including “the prison of Evine, the headquarters of the internal security of the revolution guards and the headquarters of the Bassidj (militia of Islamist volunteers)”, declared the Minister of Defense Israel Katz on X, quoted by AFP.

These attacks arise after the events of the weekend. The United States has struck three nuclear sites in Iran, namely those of Fordo, Natanz and Ispahan. President Donald Trump said that “monumental” damage had been inflicted on these sites. The Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshian, promised a response.

Tehran has notably threatened to attack the military bases in the Middle East. Israel, for its part, said that it had led to “block access routes” to the Fordo site, an underground uranium enrichment center in Iran.

Donald Trump “monitors” oil prices

Observers fear that Iran closes the Strait of Ormuz by Iran, by which 20 million oil barrels pass per day, one fifth of global demand.

Donald Trump, too, closely monitors oil prices. The American president thus warned the markets on his Truth Social network on Monday: “Maintain all the low oil prices, I have a look at you,” he threatened in the afternoon of Monday. You play the game of the enemy. Don’t do it! “.

For the time being, oil prices are hardly soaring, quite the contrary. After starting up sharply overnight on Sunday to Monday, oil then erased most of its earnings.

The August contract on the Brent de Mer of the North cedes 1.3% to $ 76.33 per barrel while the same maturity on WTI fell 0.85% to 73.21 dollars per barrel.

“In a way, the dominant hypothesis is that Iran will not seek to destabilize the oil market in a dramatic way, for example by blocking the Strait of Ormuz, and even less to attack the oil production sites of other countries in the region”, judges Sebastian Paris Horvitz, director of research at LBPAM. “The essential reason is the almost vital need for Iran of financial resources that come from its oil exports,” he explains.

Carmat calls for donations for his survival

On the actions side, Edenred and Teleperformance earn more than 1% at the fence. Air Liquide, on the other hand, fell by 2.3%, weighed down by a degradation of Bank of America who went to “underperformance” on the title.

On the smallest values, Carmat collapsed by 47.50% after the designer of the artificial heart Aeson announced that he would be in cessation of payments at the end of the month except to find in urgency 3.5 million euros.

On foreign exchange, the euro increased by 0.4% against the dollar at 1.1548 dollars.