CAC 40 Declines With Inflation Data In Focus

RTTNews | 908 days ago
CAC 40 Declines With Inflation Data In Focus

(RTTNews) - French stocks were moving lower on Thursday as investors awaited the release of key euro zone inflation data for directional cues.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde told Spanish television show Espejo Publico on Thursday that interest-rate increases may need to continue beyond a planned half-point move in two weeks' time.

The benchmark CAC 40 was down 44 points, or 0.6 percent, at 7,190 after losing half a percent in the previous session.

Technip Energies shares rallied 3.2 percent. The engineering firm, focused on energy industry, posted a rise in earnings for 2022 on lower revenue.

Resource-management firm Veolia Environnement declined 1.6 percent despite reporting a rise in FY22 net income and revenue, helped by its merger with Suez.

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Asian Markets Track Wall Street Lower

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Lower Open Called For Thai Stock Market

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RTTNews | 3h 54min ago
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Japanese Market Significantly Lower

The Japanese stock market is trading significantly lower on Tuesday, reversing the gains in the previous two sessions, following the broadly negative cues from Wall Street overnight, with the Nikkei 225 falling below the 42,400 level, with weakness across most sectors led by index heavyweights, exporters and financial stocks.
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Indonesia Bourse May Hand Back Monday's Gains

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The Indonesia stock market on Monday wrote a finish to the two-day slide in which it had fallen almost 85 points or 1.1 percent. The Jakarta Composite Index now sits just above the 7,925-point plateau although it's looking at a soft start on Tuesday. The global forecast for the Asian markets is soft, with profit-taking likely on the menu. The European markets were mixed and the U.S. bourses were down and the Asian markets are also expected to open under water.
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