(CercleFinance.com) – The Paris Stock Exchange ended the day with a moderate decline of 0.36%, to 7,611 points, penalized by Carrefour which lost 3.5% behind TotalEnergies (-3.1%) or Teleperformance (-2 .6%).
If the statistics season is in full swing, investors kept an eye on statistical publications throughout the session.
In particular, they were able to learn of a slight widening of the United States trade deficit in December, reaching $62.2 billion compared to $61.9 billion the previous month, according to the Department of Commerce.
This 0.5% increase in the month-over-month deficit reflects a roughly parallel increase in imports of goods and services by the United States, of 1.3% to $320.4 billion, and of their exports, by 1.5% to 258.2 billion.
In Europe, German industrial production suffered a much more marked decline than expected in December (-1.6%). These official statistics confirm the poor situation of the continent’s largest economy with a sixth consecutive month of decline.
On the bond market, the yields on American Treasury bills are hovering around 4.1% while its equivalent in Europe, the German Bund, shows +7 points at 2.31%.
The oil market remains robust: EIA figures show that weekly crude oil inventories in the United States stood at 427.4 million barrels during the week of January 29, signaling an increase of 5.5 million barrels. barrels compared to the previous week.
The price of Brent is gaining +0.2% towards $79 per barrel.
In French company news, TotalEnergies published adjusted net income for the 2023 financial year down 36% to $23.2 billion, or $9.40 per share (-33%), as well as ‘adjusted EBITDA down 30% to 50 billion.
Furthermore, TotalEnergies and its partners announce the start of production from the Akpo West field on block PML2 (of which the French group is the operator with a 24% stake), located 135 kilometers off the coast of Nigeria.
Amundi publishes adjusted net income up 3.9% to 1.22 billion euros for 2023, reflecting adjusted net revenue up 2.1% to 3.2 billion for adjusted expenses increasing at the same rate, to 1.71 billion.
Peugeot recorded 1,124,268 registrations in 2023, an increase of +6% compared to 2022.
Sales outside the EU29 represent 28.2% of global sales, an increase of +0.8 points compared to 2022. 17 countries have broken their market share record for 15 years.
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