French Stocks Edge Higher Despite Political Uncertainty

2025-09-09 08:39 By Dongting Liu 1 min. read

The CAC 40 rose about 0.3% to 7,751 on Tuesday, marking a second straight session of gains, after French Prime Minister François Bayrou was ousted in a confidence vote on Monday.

The result, widely anticipated after opposition leaders pledged to vote against him last month, followed Bayrou’s own decision to call the motion in a last bid to secure parliamentary backing for austerity measures to reduce public debt.

President Emmanuel Macron now faces the challenge of appointing his fifth prime minister in under two years.

Globally, investors are awaiting the annual revision of US employment data due later today, Thursday’s US CPI release for signals on the Fed’s policy path, and the European Central Bank’s policy meeting, where rates are expected to remain on hold.

Among individual movers, Saint-Gobain rose 0.3% after reorganizing its German construction chemicals business to accelerate growth and synergies, while Michelin added 0.4% on the launch of a new employee shareholding plan.



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