The Paris Stock Exchange ended slightly down 0.12% on Friday, chaining a fourth session with little movement. The flagship CAC 40 index lost 9.01 points to finish at 7,213.14 points.
Over the week, it fell by 0.79%, a development mainly due to Monday's session. The Bank of France now forecasts for the year 2023 a growth of French economic activity of "at least" 0.6%, while inflation slows "really"Denis Kessler, emblematic president of the reinsurer Scor since 2002 and figure of the French employers, died Friday at the age of 71.