{"id":62707,"date":"2025-08-05T11:25:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/08\/05\/cac-40-modestly-higher-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T11:25:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T11:25:39","slug":"cac-40-modestly-higher-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2025\/08\/05\/cac-40-modestly-higher-2\/","title":{"rendered":"CAC 40 Modestly Higher"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> The French stock market is modestly higher Tuesday afternoon with investors mostly reacting to earnings updates and a mixed batch of regional economic data. Expectations of a rate cut by the Federal Reserve sometime soon aid sentiment a bit.<\/p>\n<p>The benchmark CAC 40 was up 20.49 points or 0.27% at 7,652.50 a little while ago.<\/p>\n<p>Saint Gobain, Airbus, AXA, Safran, Societe Generale and TotalEnergies are up 1.3 to 2%.<\/p>\n<p>Capgemini, Thales, ArcelorMittal, Sanofi, Eurofins Scientific, Bouygues, Edenred, Unibail Rodamco, Vinci and Engie are gaining 0.5 to 1.1%.<\/p>\n<p>Vivendi is down 3.4%. L&#8217;Oreal is declining nearly 2.5% and LVMH is down by about 2.1%. Kering is down 1%.<\/p>\n<p>Data from INSEE showed industrial production in France surged by 3.8% month-over-month in June 2025, rebounding from an upwardly revised 0.7% decline in May and far exceeding market expectations of a 0.8% increase. This marked the strongest monthly growth in industrial activity since July 2020.<\/p>\n<p>On a yearly basis, industrial output fell 0.4% in June. For the second quarter, industrial activity declined by 0.1% compared to the previous quarter. <\/p>\n<p>Data from S&amp;P Global said the HCOB France Composite PMI for July was revised down to 48.6, significantly below the flash estimate of 49.6 and June&#8217;s 49.2. The reading marks the 11th straight month of downturn, driven by declines in both manufacturing (PMI at 48.2 vs 48.1) and services (48.5 vs 49.6). <\/p>\n<p>Business activity in the euro zone grew at a slightly faster pace in July than in June, a survey showed.<\/p>\n<p>The HCOB Eurozone Composite Purchasing Managers&#8217; Index, compiled by S&amp;P Global, rose to 50.9 from 50.6 in June &#8211; coming in below a preliminary estimate of 51.0.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, Eurostat said that Eurozone producer prices rose 0.8% in June compared to May. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Market Analysis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                status: true,\n                cookie: true,\n                xfbml: true\n            });\n        };\n        (function (d) {\n            var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk'; if (d.getElementById(id)) { return; }\n            js = d.createElement('script'); js.id = id; js.async = true;\n            js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js\";\n            d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js);\n        }(document));\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>CAC 40 Modestly Higher<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2025-08-05 11:25:39<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The French stock market is modestly higher Tuesday afternoon with investors mostly reacting to earnings updates and a mixed batch of regional economic data. 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