The Paris Stock Exchange fell 0.33% on Thursday, remaining at half mast after two sessions of sharp decline. The flagship CAC 40 index fell 24.19 points to 7,229.27 points.
The day before, it had lost 1.70%, its worst session since March 15. No major progress has yet been recorded between the White House and the Republican opposition in Congress on the issue of raising the debt ceiling of the United States. In Germany, the economy officially fell into recession with a second quarter of decline in the Gross Domestic Product (-0.3%).