At 9:35 am, the flagship CAC 40 index gained 0.41% to 7,016.12 points after having set a new record of 7,018.31 points, beating the one established the day before.

Thursday, the star index of the Parisian market ended up 0.53% and reached a closing record, for the third consecutive day.

On Wall Street, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 indices also set new records, for the fifth consecutive day.

For Ipek Ozkardeskaya, analyst at Swissquote, "investors continue to welcome the reluctance of Jerome Powell (the chairman of the Federal Reserve) to open the debate on raising interest rates in the United States, despite the threat of rising inflation ".

Mr. Powel "just wants to continue supporting the job market and economic recovery," she notes.

And in this context, the monthly report of the US Department of Labor will attract all the attention of the markets this Friday.

On Wednesday again, by announcing the reduction of its asset purchases, the American Central Bank indicated that it wanted "to see the labor market recover more" before raising its key rates.

Ipek Ozkardeskaya indicates that "the Bank of England (BoE) also refrained from raising rates yesterday, as British policymakers are also placing the economic recovery before the threat of runaway inflation".

In France, industrial production fell by 1.3% in September compared to August, as a result of growing difficulties in the supply of raw materials.

And private salaried employment grew again, by 0.5%, in the third quarter, or 96,100 net job creations.

Axa leaps

The insurer Axa recorded a turnover up 7% over the first nine months of the year.

The group also announced a share buyback program for a maximum amount of 1.7 billion euros, raising the share by 2.11% to 26.09 euros.

Supply difficulties at Airbus

Airbus (-1.27% to 107.62 euros) recorded 22 new orders but 30 cancellations in October and delivered only 36 planes, some suppliers having difficulty in keeping up with the upturn in production.

Casino invests

The Casino group (-0.42% to 21.41 euros) announced a turnover of 7.7 billion euros in the third quarter, up 4.1%, and its upcoming entry into the capital of Gorillas , player in ultra-fast grocery delivery.

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