It has not seen such a performance nearly a month and a half. The CAC 40 is to chain up four consecutive sessions, which saw the index rise by 5.25% in Paris. A month ago, he had recorded six consecutive sessions of up to a total gain of 5.73%. And the CAC 40 is on course to match or exceed that performance. "If the U.S. unemployment figures are bad, I think the markets will fall heavily and not only Friday, but next week," said one analyst. "But the reverse is also true," he added. The CAC 40 rose 0.49% to 3690.30 points in mid route.

Wall Street closed due to "Labor Day"

Anyway, the CAC 40 should, like the Asian markets, thus starting the week on a good note, after the U.S. unemployment figures, less bad than expected.But this note could be shy, because of the close of trading on Wall Street (due to Labor Day) and the absence of macroeconomic significance. The meeting could be rather quiet on Monday. A meeting between EU finance ministers in Brussels is expected to strengthen the stability pact and economic governance.

The bank benefits from the renewed optimism

It is the same on the microeconomic front. Only the results of the first half of BioMerieux the program: the diagnostics specialist announced a first-half profit rose 4% to 72.1 million euros and confirmed its full-year organic growth (6%) and margin operational (between 17% and 18%) in 2010.The shares climbed 2.92% to 83.21 euros.

In this context a bit more optimistic due to unemployment figures U.S. banking stocks are well oriented: BNP Paribas gained 0.97% to 53.99 euro, Societe Generale was up 0.86% to 44.75 euros and Credit Agricole shows a gain of 1.24% to 11.02 euros.

Around 9:40, the three largest increases CAC 40 are Suez Environnement (2.69% to 13.35 euros) and Veolia Environnement (2.28% to 19.74 euros)

Laughs Natixis, Dexia and Lagardère cry

Friday evening, the Scientific Council of indices for the Paris Bourse has announced that Natixis and Publicis will integrate the CAC 40, from 20 September. For the company headed by Maurice Levy, it is a return: the group of advertising methods had already been part of the CAC 40 between 2004 and 2006 guaranteed payday loan.If Natixis rises 5.27% at the Paris Stock Exchange to 4.66 euros, the rise of Publicis is more limited: + 1.39% to 34.91 euros. The two companies will display two of the three most significant rise in the CAC Next 20.

The two companies replace digitally Dexia (-1.71% to 3.38 euros) and Lagardere (-1.72% to 28.25 euros), which appeared in the CAC 40 since 1999 and 1994 respectively. They join the CAC Next 20, that is to say, the main hall of the Paris stock exchange index. Dexia Lagardere are the two largest declines the CAC 40 with LVMH (-0.70% to 97.43 euros), after the Paris Court of Appeal reduced the fine that eBay scoop 38 to 5.7 million.LVMH must repay more than 32 million euros.

Dexia and Lagardere will be replaced in the CAC Next 20 Atos Origin (-0.17% to 32.79 euros) and Land Regions (-0.29% to 76.50 euros).

Boiron: Trading suspended

Areva (0.47% to 326 euros) is still grappling with Siemens, as part of the output of the German capital of the company chaired by Anne Lauvergeon.

Sanofi-Aventis (+0.30% at 46.87 euros) would be willing to slightly increase its proposal to $ 69 per share on Genzyme, the biotechnology company if willing to negotiate, Dow Jones reported on Sunday.

PSA Peugeot Citroen (-0.23% to 21.78 euros) has started building a new factory in China with its partner Dongfeng Motor, China's export and thought from 2011, said Saturday he responsible for Asia.

Nissan, Renault (+0.06% at 34.45 euros) holds 44.3%, was willing to ally with Chinese automakers in the field of electric cars.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Saturday approved the payment of 690 million dollars (535 million euros) Casino (1.98% to 67.92 euros) and other shareholders of the supermarket chain Exito nationalized in January.

Also note that the rating action Boiron was suspended Monday on the Paris market at the request of the company and pending a statement to be published that day. The title has been suspended from 25.35 euros. On 31 August, the homeopathic laboratory has reported a net semi-annual 5.13 million euros in fall of 62.4% compared to first quarter 2009. What had caused the fall of stock prices by 8% the next day.