The Paris stock market lost nearly 0.1% this morning, around the 7440-point mark, penalized in particular by Teleperformance (-3.9%) and STMicro (-2.3%).

Investors are still awaiting US inflation figures (Thursday), while the quarterly earnings season is also approaching across the Atlantic.

"We're in for another wait-and-see session on the stock market ahead of what promises to be a more eventful weekend", predicts Christopher Dembik, Investment Strategy Advisor at Pictet AM.

We can expect risk aversion to take a slight upturn at the end of the week", he predicts, pointing out that only the next meeting of the Federal Reserve will provide some visibility on the evolution of monetary policy.

Only minor economic indicators (German industrial production, eurozone unemployment, US trade balance) are on today's agenda.

After its spectacular fall the previous day, oil is back on the rise, with Brent crude at $77.2 a barrel (+1.2%).

On the bond front, US T-Bond yields remain above the critical 4% threshold. In Europe, the German equivalent climbed to 2.18%.

In company news, Dassault Aviation announces that the final tranche of 18 Rafales for Indonesia has come on stream, completing the number of aircraft on order for this country under the contract signed in February 2022 for the acquisition of 42 Rafales.

Trigano reports sales of €931.6 million for the first quarter of 2023-24 (to end November 2023), up 19.1%, driven by strong momentum in its motorhome business (+26.8%).

Engie announces that it has acquired 51% of the stake previously held by Mirova, a subsidiary of Natixis Investment Managers dedicated to sustainable investment, in the Goya wind power project in Spain.

Finally, Airbus announces that Taiwan's EVA Air has finalized a firm purchase order for 18 long-haul A350-1000 and 15 single-aisle A321neo aircraft.

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