(BFM Stock Exchange) – The Parisian index increases almost 1% this Friday, September 26, carried by inflation data in the United States identical to market expectations. Donald Trump has announced new customs duties on patented drugs, trucks or kitchen cabinets.

The best for the end. The Paris Stock Exchange is adorned with green to finish the week, after two consecutive decrease sessions. The CAC 40 closing up 0.97% to 7,870.68 points this Friday, September 26. Over the week, the Parisian star index won 0.22%.

Investors have taken note of inflation data for the month of August in accordance with expectations. According to the PCE index, inflation flagship of the American federal reserve, consumer prices increased last month, by 2.7% over a year, and 2.9% over one year in underlying data (“Core PCE”). A price evolution that turns out to be online with expectations.

“The favorite inflation measurement of the Fed, the ‘Core PCE’, still does not show a frank acceleration sign, the increases in customs duties explaining only a surplus of inflation of approximately 3 tenths in accumulated. Under these conditions, the Fed will not hesitate to prioritize the stabilization of the labor market compared to inflation if necessary”, advances in economic strategy and economic studies in CPRAM.

For his part, Donald Trump opened a new chapter on customs duties, and announced on Thursday evening a battery of new customs surcharges, with a rate of 100% on imported patented drugs, 25% on imports of heavy goods vehicles and 50% on kitchen cabinets and sinks.

However, the actions of European pharmaceutical groups resisted this Friday. Sanofi, for example, closed up, by +1.1%, while Roche limited its withdrawal to 0.7%.

“Several global pharmaceutical groups, including Astrazeneca, Roche and Sanofi, have already announced investment in the United States to mitigate the impact of future customs duties on imports of drugs,” recalls Antoine Fraysse-Soulier, market analyst for Etoro.

“The lack of a strong downward reaction from these titles on the stock market, indicates that the market does not really believe in the establishment of 100% customs rights from Trump. The American president has already used us to go back, the market believes that it is likely that it will do the same,” he adds.

Conversely, the heavyweight manufacturers have tripped, the Germans Daimler Trucks and Traton lost 1.7% and 2.6% in Frankfurt respectively.

Essilorluxottica sees green

On the French values ​​side, the CAC 40 was carried by Essilorluxottica, one of its most important stock market capitalizations. The optical group won 2.4% after its range of glasses against infantile myopia Stellest was approved in the United States.

Pernod Ricard, on the other hand, lost 2.5% while Bank of America lowered his advice to “buy” neutral “on the title. The American bank believes that the resumption of the activity of the group of spirits will take more time than it anticipated it previously. The establishment expects the exercise ended in 2026 to be still weak, tabling on a fall in comparable data of 0.5%, a performance that would be less good than those of its comparables.

Excluding CAC 40, Teleperformance sold 2.6%, penalized by the disappointing results on the part of its American comparable, concentrix.

On the side of small and average capitalizations, Alten climbed 1.05% after publishing half-yearly results above expectations.

Biosynex collapsed by 49.3% while the company specializing in the design and marketing of rapid diagnostic tests announced Thursday evening after the closing of the markets having requested the opening of a safeguard procedure at its profit.

In other markets, the euro earns 0.3% against the dollar at 1.1693 dollars. Oil bounces with geopolitical risk. The November contract on northern Brents climbed 1.8% to $ 70.68 a barrel when the same maturity on the WTI listed in New York increased by $ 66.27 per barrel.