Europe’s stock markets ended mixed as they awaited the release of Nvidia’s results on Wednesday. In Paris, the CAC 40 closed slightly up.
Market trends
On Monday November 18, European stock markets remained cautious. With no real direction, they ended scattered. The CAC 40 closed slightly up by +0.12% at 7,278 points, London and its FTSE 100 by +0.57%, and Frankfurt’s DAX by -0.11%.
Indexes in France and around the world
| CAC 40 | +0,12% | 7,278.23 points |
| SBF 120 | -+0,10% | 5,523.70 points |
| DAX | – 0,18% | 19,176.21 points |
| FTSE 100 | + 0,57% | 8,109.32 points |
| Nikkei | -1,09% | 38,220.85 points |
| Dow Jones* | +0,11% | 43,494.33 points |
| Nasdaq* | +0,97% | 18,861.12 points |
| *index closed at the close of European stock markets | ||
Fact of the day
As we await Nvidia’s results on Wednesday, the only major event expected this week, markets are taking a wait-and-see attitude. The European stock markets closed mixed.
In the United States, after the hectic period marked by Donald Trump’s re-election and the announcement of the first names to make up his future administration, the main US indices were also cautious. At the end of the afternoon, the Nasdaq was the only index to rise, driven in particular by Tesla. The automaker benefited from information published by Bloomberg. According to the financial agency, the incoming Trump administration would like to prioritize the definition of a regulatory framework for autonomous vehicles.
Stocks in focus
The Top
In great difficulty, Atos has announced the launch of software to facilitate quantum simulation. “With Qaptiva HPC, research centers and organizations can now extend their large-scale computing capacity by deploying quantum emulation capabilities on their existing HPC architecture, without integrating additional hardware.”explains a press release from the company, which has just carried out a capital increase. The stock closed up 14.33% at 24 euro cents. This is the biggest increase on the SBF 120 index.
The Flop
Casino Guichard falls again. The group that owns Franprix and Monoprix still does not seem to be convincing investors with its new strategic plan. The share price is down a further 14.30% to 1.38 euros. On Friday November 15, after presenting its “Renouveau 2028”, the Casino Guichard group had already fallen by 17%.
Number of the day
More than $3.4 trillion
That’s the market capitalization of American giant NVidia. The company that (narrowly) surpasses Apple on this criterion is due to publish its results on Wednesday evening.
Tuesday November 19 agenda
Among the expected indicators, the session will be marked by the publication of the consumer price index for October in the euro zone (consolidated) and in Canada. Investors will also be paying close attention to the publication of the ZEW economic confidence index in Germany and the unemployment rate in the UK. Finally, a speech by ECB President Christine Lagarde will be closely watched.
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