The Paris Bourse is in the green this morning, with the CAC40 up by around 0.7% towards 7455 points, a day which could prove relatively quiet on this Ascension Thursday.

No data is scheduled for this morning in Europe, and attention could be focused on the United States, where Wall Street finished significantly higher on Wednesday, despite the sword of Damocles still hanging over the debt ceiling issue.

Tuesday's meeting between Joe Biden and Congressional leaders has not yet resolved the crisis", Commerzbank pointed out on Wednesday, adding that "despite some progress in the talks, there are still significant hurdles to overcome".

Nevertheless, "Joe Biden said there was an 'overwhelming consensus' that a debt default was not an option, after the meeting to negotiate a higher US debt ceiling", pointed out Liberum.

Also in the USA, the afternoon will see the publication of quarterly results for the world's number one retailer, Walmart, and statistics such as the Philly Fed activity index and the Conference Board's leading indicators.

On the Paris stock front, Ipsos announces the acquisition of Shanghai Focus RX Research, which should significantly strengthen its pharmaceutical research expertise in China and create a favorable environment for its healthcare business.

Aéroports de Paris reports a 26.2% increase in traffic to 26.2 million passengers in April 2023, i.e. 97.9% of traffic for the corresponding period in 2019 (i.e. before the health crisis that severely affected air transport).

Trigano jumped more than 10%, following the publication of net income of 121.7 million euros for its first half-year, compared with 141.3 million a year earlier, with operating profit from ordinary activities up from 179.3 to 173.4 million.

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