Paris (AFP)

The Paris stock market remained buoyant (+ 1.03%) Friday at midday, taking advantage of a horizon cleared both on the commercial front as on that of Brexit, after the victory without appeal of Boris Johnson, to leave to the conquest of 5,900 points.

At 13:43 (12:43 GMT), the CAC 40 index rose from 60.40 points to 5,944.66 points, after having reached up to 5,972.17 points in session, unpublished level since July 24, 2007, in a volume of trade of 1.9 billion. The day before, he had finished up 0.40%.

The Paris rating has started the last session of the week in sharp rise and has not lost its enthusiasm since.

For its part, Wall Street was preparing to open slightly higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average index futures contract was 0.37%, the broad S & P 500 index was 0.31% and the Nasdaq, high tech, was 0.37% higher. %.

"The week began with caution as the agenda was rich in sensitive events.It's finally box full and, it seems, only the best that has fallen," summarized in a note Franklin Pichard, general manager of Kiplink Finance.

US President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States was "very close" to an agreement with China after 19 months of a fierce trade war. Beijing, however, refused Friday to confirm that a partial trade agreement was imminent.

"The second scarecrow that frightened investors, namely the stagnation of Brexit" has also moved away "with the vote yesterday" which gave "an absolute majority in Parliament to Boris Johnson", which "should him to avoid the risk of an exit without agreement on January 31, but still leaves many areas of uncertainty, "said the specialist.

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In addition, the European Central Bank (ECB) unsurprisingly opted for the monetary status quo on Thursday, with new President Christine Lagarde reporting a "certain stabilization" of economic data in Europe.

In terms of indicators, orders to industry in Italy experienced in October a further decline of 1.5% year on year, after a small recovery in September, according to the National Institute of Statistics (Istat).

In the United States, retail sales for November are also on the agenda.

In the field of securities, the sectors most sensitive to the economic situation benefited from renewed risk appetite, like the automobile.

Peugeot gained 2.80% to 22.01 euros, Renault 1.99% to 43.13 euros, Plastic Omnium 2.32% to 26.04 euros, Valeo 1.95% to 34.42 euros and Faurecia 1.62 % to 50.72 euros.

The rise in interest rates, in the wake of Ms. Lagarde's speech, benefited bank securities. Société Générale was up 1.69% to 30.62 euros, Natixis 1.88% to 3.95 euros, Crédit Agricole 2.09% to 13.20 euros and BNP Paribas 1.63% to 52 , 49 euros.

EDF rose 1.95% to 9.72 euros after presenting Friday a plan to improve the nuclear industry. The group will appoint a manager in charge of its application, in response to a damning report on the site of the EPR Flamanville.

Transgene sank 18.18% to 1.62 euro, weighted by the announcement of the discontinuation of treatment in lung cancer after the failure of a clinical study.

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