The Paris Bourse gained 0.5% this morning, around the 7,250-point mark, driven in particular by TotalEnergies (+1.1%) and Hermès (+1%).

As the week draws to a close, traders will turn their attention from 4:00 pm onwards to the speech by Fed boss Jerome Powell, who is due to speak at the Jackson Hole symposium, the annual meeting of the world's leading central bankers.

Market participants are hoping to detect indications that the Fed is ready to end its rate hike cycle, while fearing disappointment.

Deutsche Bank's economists believe that Powell should refrain from giving too obvious signals as to how monetary policy will evolve in the short term.

'The message of data dependence that characterized the last FOMC was clear enough, and it is probably still too early to abandon this approach', believes the German bank.

Since the start of the week, volumes have been exceptionally low, a sign that investors are reluctant to commit themselves, for want of knowing more about the US central bank's intentions.

The release of Nvidia's better-than-expected results was not much help, nor was the recent fall in US bond yields.

In French company news, JCDecaux was the biggest riser on the SBF 120 on Friday's Paris Bourse (+3.6%), Deutsche Bank having switched to buy on the stock, believing that the current price offers an interesting opportunity.

Olympique Lyonnais (OL Groupe) announced on Thursday evening the transfer of Karl Toko-Ekambi to Saudi Pro League club Abha FC, for a fee of 1.5 million euros, to which may be added 500,000 euros in bonuses.

Nacon presented its eagerly-awaited new game 'Robocop: Rogue City' on Friday, in the hope of boosting sales until the holiday season.

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