Paris (AFP)

The Paris Bourse accelerated in the green Friday at mid-day (+ 0.61%), boosted by a solid figure on US employment and by the unexpected rebound of the manufacturing sector in China.

At 13:47 (12:47 GMT), the CAC 40 index gained 34.95 points to 5,764.81 points in a trade volume of 857 million euros.

The Paris rating started in November on a moderately positive note before accelerating as soon as the figures on US employment were released.

For its part, Wall Street was preparing to start up. The Dow Jones Industrial Average index futures contract took 0.40%, the broad S & P 500 index 0.42% and the Nasdaq, with strong technological color, 0.43%.

The PMI indicator for the Chinese manufacturing sector, which came in October at its highest level since February 2017, "fed optimism" in the markets to start the month, while the Chinese economy slowed sharply in the third quarter, notes Michael Hewson, analyst for CMC Markets.

Highly followed by investors, this indicator PMI contrasts with the one released Thursday by the Chinese government, which reported a decline in manufacturing activity in October, the lowest level in eight months.

Another figure, this time coming from the United States, then reinforced the upturn in the markets: the unemployment rate in October edged up slightly to 3.6% vs. 3.5% the month before, partly to because of the strike at General Motors, but job creation remained strong. The US economy created 128,000 jobs in October, a little more than expected.

On the other hand, in terms of trade negotiations, concerns resurfaced on Thursday after the Bloomberg news agency reported that the Chinese authorities have expressed some skepticism about the prospects for a long-term agreement between China and the United States.

What make the investors doubtful, even if US President announced Thursday that the new place where must be signed the partial trade agreement, long-awaited between the two great powers, would be "announced soon".

This agreement was originally to be signed on the sidelines of a summit in Chile in mid-November, but the event was canceled due to the social crisis that is shaking the country.

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Commodity-related securities closed the gap on Thursday after trade fears: ArcelorMittal rose 3.02% to 13.62 euros, Eramet (+ 0.60% to 45.01 euros) and Aperam (+2, 32% to 23.39 euros).

Airbus advanced 1.26% to 130.04 euros, driven by an order from the Vietnamese company Vietjet for a list price value of at least $ 1.8 billion.

Air France-KLM suffered (-1.59% to 10.59 euros) a quarterly net profit down more than half from a year ago.

The automotive sector was on the rise, driven by the rise in the automotive market by 8.74% over one year in October: PSA won 3.17% to 23.42 euros while Renault took 1.44% to 46.4%. , 42 euros.

LDLC Group advanced 4.06% to 7.18 euros, the group having announced a "unilateral promise to purchase" to the company Rue du Commerce to acquire the Top Achat business.

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