(BFM Stock Exchange) – The Parisian index closes strongly increased this Wednesday, July 9 to finish its race at the doors of the 7,900 points. The markets show optimism on the customs duties, which paved the way in Nvidia to cross the $ 4,000 billion in market capitalization.

The Paris Stock Exchange was enthusiastically, this Wednesday, July 9. The CAC 40 closing up 1.44% to 7,878.46 points, reconnecting with unprecedented levels since the meeting of May 21.

Investors seem to deal with Donald Trump’s latest announcements on customs duties, and prefer to see the good side of

The American president assured on Tuesday that he did not plan to postpone the maturity of August 1, when the customs from the United States’s business partners must fully come into force. He also threatened to impose new surcharge, which this time targeting the pharmaceutical industry and copper.

A “very kind” European Union

However, the American president also said that the European Union, with the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, had been “very kind to us”. “We will see what will happen,” he added according to comments mentioned by the Guardian. Which can lead the market to hope for an agreement. The American president also said he was planning to send a letter to Brussels within two days.

“The market remains very calm because it anticipates that these threats will not be realized or in any case will not become widespread in all countries,” explains Xavier Chapard de LBPAM.

“It remains to be seen whether the recent victories of Donald Trump (on Iran, the transition from budgetary law …) and the lack of reaction from the markets do not push the president to go further in the trade war, but as it is, the market does not take it very seriously,” he said.

At Wall Street, a record expected for a few weeks fell. And not least. Nvidia became, this Wednesday, July 9, the first company to exceed $ 4,000 billion in market capitalization (the total value of its shares), supported by the rise of artificial intelligence.

Essilorluxottica, higher increase in CAC 40

On the values ​​side, Essilorluxottica, the eleventh highest weighting of CAC 40, contributed to the performance of the index on Wednesday, with a jump of 5.6%. The optical group is carried by press information reporting that Meta has taken a little less than 3% of its capital to seal their alliance in connected glasses.

Publicis, on the other hand, limited its withdrawal to 1.8%. Any harm while his British rival WPP collapsed by almost 19% on the London Stock Exchange after issuing a heavy warning on results.

Excluding CAC 40, FDJ United made 4.6% while Crédit Agricole Assurances sold all of its participation of 3.3% to the capital of the silver game operator for a price of 30 euros per share, which translates a discount of 5.4% compared to Tuesday’s closing course.

Note that SEMCO Technologies, the first introduction to the Paris Stock Exchange this year, succeeded in its first steps. The action did not make up the plunge, closing increased by 46.67%.

In other markets, the euro lost 0.12% against the dollar at 1.1709 dollars. Oil climbs. The September contract on the Brent de Mer of the North advances 0.3% to $ 70.34 per barrel while that of August on the WTI listed in New York advances 0.4% in 68.61 dollars per barrel.