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The CAC 40 ended the balance

While leaders of the European Union meet in Brussels on Thursday and an extraordinary summit of Euro zone centered on Greece is explained, Portugal came unintentionally adding fuel to the fire uncertainties Helleno – European.

It was enough that the rating agency Fitch worse on Wednesday, the credit rating of Portugal's long-term "AA" to "AA-" for markets from Paris to Wall Street, a time switch in the red before to rebalance.

The CAC 40 eventually limit its losses, closing at equilibrium at 3950 points (-0.07%). He stumbled in the late morning, to -0.55%, and touched the lowest, the 3900 points, before rising over the afternoon.Towards 16h10, he lost more than 0.36% in 3938, 30 points in thin trading volume of 2.210 billion euros.

At the NYSE, disturbed by the creditworthiness of countries in the Eurozone, the Dow Jones lost 0.25% in session and the NASDAQ 0.51%.

The European markets are rebalanced

In London, the Footsie closed up 0.07%, while in Frankfurt the Dax took 0.36% to 6039 points. In Germany, the Ifo economic institute, has published an index of business climate better than expected.Portuguese Stock Index PSI 20 lost 1.77% on Wednesday at midday cheap payday advance .

In the wake of the Dow Jones lined up Tuesday night meeting of a 9th consecutive increase, gaining 0.95% at 10,890 points, the European benchmark indices were, however, these days very well oriented, including through the adoption of the reform U.S. health and the publication on Tuesday, a U.S. leading indicator of housing sales in the former less bad than expected.

But the downgrading of Portugal, followed by two disappointing U.S. indicators have weighed on the markets: the durable goods orders rose in February, 0.5%, while analysts expected 0.6%.But it is the new home sales in the United States who have cruelly disappointed: they fell in February to their lowest level since 1963.

Meanwhile, a few hours of Thursday's European Council, France and Germany are trying to tune their violins. European aid could be associated with the International Monetary Fund, to support Greece.

Meanwhile, the degradation of Portugal by Fitch has been a blow to the single currency fell more than 1% this afternoon against the greenback, to 1.3356 euro to 1 dollar. This is the first time since May 2009 that the euro develops below 1.34 against the dollar.

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