The Paris Bourse consolidates its position

Session calm perspective on the Paris Bourse. On Tuesday, the CAC 40 began the session down slightly from 0.23% to 4038.73 points. Investors Parisians decide to follow the path indicated by Asia, where their peers have chosen to take their profits. In Japan, the Nikkei ended down 0.81%.

Other European shares also follow. In London, the FTSE-100 index opened down 0.18% to 5767.18 points. The DAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange starts, he, sitting down 0.23% to 6236.28 points.

Without major indicators Monday, the markets were moving without motion but with optimism, encouraged by the European rescue plan to Greece.In the U.S., Wall Street ended the balance after the announcement of a budget deficit of 65.4 billion dollars in March, above expectations of analysts.

On Tuesday, several key statistics, however, could lead the French markets. INSEE announced that consumer prices rose 0.5% in March compared to February, an increase of 1.6% over one year.Note that in Germany, inflation was confirmed at 1.1% annual rate in March over a year.

The current account deficit of the Hexagon totaled 3.6 billion euros in February after 4 billion the previous month (-3.4 billion in the first estimate), according to the Bank of France fast payday loan.

Overseas, prices for imports and exports are expected to 14:30, at the same time as the trade balance figures.

Furthermore, after Alcoa, Intel continues a series of quarterly publications by revealing the figures in its first quarter after market close on Wall Street.

Values follow

Lagardere (+0.13% to 31.55 points) will be monitored throughout the session. The market reaction is expected after the support of governance expert at RiskMetrics Group Franco-American investor Guy Wyser-Pratte.This support should assure him of collecting a large share of the votes of investors at the meeting of the group, April 27.

The "clash" between Areva (stable at EUR 398.8) and EDF (-0.63% to 41.56 euros) continues on nuclear. Reportedly, the two companies would be unable to agree on a contract extension on Eurodif uranium enrichment. A deal with Areva for 500 million.

Arcelor Mittal (-0.87% at 33.06 euros) should respond to the publication of results of aluminum giant Alcoa. The U.S. announced after the close of Wall Street yesterday, a net loss of 201 million dollars in the first quarter of fiscal 2010. A number two and a half times less than a year ago. The stock ended the session up 1.25%.

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