(CercleFinance.com) – The European stock markets hardly changed (+0.1% in London, +0.2% in Paris, stability in Frankfurt) in this calm session of August 15, with nevertheless a bullish bias in the wake the good orientation of Tokyo this morning (+1.1%).
The Japanese market was indeed able to appreciate a recovery of 0.5% of Japan’s GDP in the second quarter of 2022, after stagnation over the first three months of the year, a recovery mainly driven by domestic demand.
Still in terms of statistics, the coming days will notably see the ZEW index of economic sentiment in Germany, inflation in the euro zone and the United Kingdom, as well as a new estimate of euro zone GDP.
In the United States, the Empire State and Philly Fed manufacturing indices are expected this week, as well as industrial production, residential construction, retail sales and the Conference Board’s leading indicators for the month of July.
On the values front, European groups such as Carlsberg and Geberit are to publish this week, but above all several American retail players, starting with Walmart and Home Depot.
For now, Henkel remains more or less stable in Frankfurt, despite the publication by the owner of Loctite glue, Le Chat laundry detergent and Schwarzkopf shampoos, of half-year results that exceeded analysts’ expectations.
In London, AstraZeneca wins more than 2%: Enhertu, the antibody-conjugate that the laboratory is developing with the Japanese Daiichi Sankyo, has given positive results in a trial conducted on patients suffering from breast cancer advanced.
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