The CAC 40 star index took 21.34 points to 6,762.93 points around 9:35 a.m.

After jumping 3% on Tuesday driven by hopes of progress in the Ukrainian negotiations, the Parisian rating had stalled (-0.74%) on Wednesday.

"Much remains to be done in the negotiations and no agreement can be envisaged in the short term", which could create a stir on the indices, according to analysts at Saxo Bank.

kyiv is preparing to send 45 buses on Thursday to evacuate civilians from Mariupol, a besieged city in southeastern Ukraine where Moscow has announced a truce, announced Iryna Vereshchuk, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister.

Russian forces are beginning to withdraw from the Chernobyl nuclear site, a senior Pentagon official also said on Wednesday.

However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that he did not believe Russia's promises to reduce its military presence in kyiv.

In Western economies, "the economic repercussions of the war are beginning to be felt", particularly on inflation, said Saxo Bank.

This reached 4.5% over one year in March in France, according to an initial estimate by INSEE, against 3.6% in February.

However, this remains far from the German (7.3%) or Spanish (nearly 10%) rate for the same month, according to figures published on Wednesday.

The PCE inflation index in the United States is also expected during the session.

The rise in energy and food prices draws these statistics, according to INSEE.

Tension on oil prices has increased since the start of the war in Ukraine, but the OPEC countries and their allies, who meet on Thursday, should still not open their black gold valves more widely.

Conversely, the White House should announce on Thursday a plan to draw up to a million barrels a day from American strategic reserves, according to information from the Bloomberg agency citing sources familiar with the matter.

This information lowered oil prices, by 4.67% for the American WTI, to 102.76 dollars and by 3.50% for Brent, the benchmark in Europe at 109.49 dollars, around 9:15 a.m.

TotalEnergies lost 0.92% to 46.54 euros.

The French National Institute of Statistics also reported a slight increase in household consumption in February, of 0.8%.

Jacques Aschenbroich approaches the head of Orange

The candidacy for the post of president of Jacques Aschenbroich, currently at the head of Valeo, was validated on Wednesday by the board of directors of Orange (-0.13% to 10.75 euros).

He will be in tandem with Christel Heydemann, who was appointed general manager earlier in the year.

Benjamin Smith reappointed to Air France-KLM

The director general of Air France-KLM (+ 1.33% to 4.20 euros) Benjamin Smith saw his mandate extended until 2027 while KLM will be led by the current boss of the Dutch railway company NS, Marjan Rintel, the airline group announced on Thursday.

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