The title of the exchange operator London Stock Exchange (LSE) climbed on the Stock Exchange late Friday morning after the publication of a sharp increase in its annual results.

At approximately 9:10 am GMT, the action progressed LSE of 5.44% to 10.17 pounds to the London Stock Exchange, signing one of the highest increases in the index mean values ​​Footsie250 who recoiled at the same time 0.94%. For its part, the index grouping the European values ​​related to financial services lost 0.85%.

The exchange operator has reported a net profit of 442 million pounds (550.2 million euros), up 30% for its fiscal year ended March, while the annual turnover rose 10% to 680 million pounds.

These good performances are related to the acquisition last year of the FTSE International business and revenue growth of the clearing of LSE in Italy.

This publication has pushed through Numis Securities raised its recommendation on the value of "hold" to "purchase".

The Tokyo Stock Exchange Tuesday redid some of the ground lost the day before in the wake of the results of elections held Sunday in Europe, although investors say they are still cautious about the dice veloppements future policies.

The Nikkei gained 0.69% or 62.51 points to 9,181.65 and the Topix broader took 4.51 points (0.58%) to 776.57.

Monday, the Nikkei plunged 2.8%, which was its biggest drop in one day of the last six months.

The election, even anticipated by the markets, Francois Hollande to the French presidency but also the outcome of parliamentary elections in Greece, where ; no majority emerges in Parliament, had indeed been a breath of concern on Asian financial markets. 

"We do not yet know what lies ahead for Greece, we do not know what the new coalition will look like (…) and the Nikkei is not likely to surge as these uncertainties remain," said de clared Toshiyuki Kanayama, market analyst at Monex.

The action Marubeni jumped 3.77% after a source said that the fifth largest Japanese trading house was in advanced talks to buy Gavilon broker cerebral ; ales and U.S. energy for some $ 5.2 billion.

Danone is disappointed at having been blown by Nestlé infant nutrition activities from Pfizer, but the amount of 11.85 billion dollars invested by the Swiss group exceeded the limits that the Translation ; ais had set, said Thursday its chairman Franck Riboud.

At the general meeting of shareholders, Franck Riboud, Danone has assured that "would bounce as usual" and that "win more matches by country".

"We always said we were interested in all or some, but certainly part of that business. We set limits, we did not exceed our desired limits and Nestle has won, "said Franck Riboud

. "I do not hide that we are a little disappointed because the company really had a strategic interest to us but the intere ; strategic t can not justify everything, "he said

. Analysts were relieved of the e Failed Danone against the Swiss group because they felt that the French group had not the means to finance a transaction of this magnitude

….. …. Many of them consider that Danone could get some of Pfizer assets in Southeast Asia and Latin America. 

"We do not like losing matches so we will gain more by country, as is done for many years. We are already working on a strategy by country country, "said Franck Riboud.

The President also recalled that Danone had not intended to focus on external growth.

"All the strings are at our disposal, we know very well to organic growth, this is what we will focus in the months and years ahead."

The title Danone ended down 0.64% to 53.9% at the close of trading, limiting gains to 11.8% since the beginning of the year.

Johnson & Johnson received the green light Thursday from the European authorities to buy the Swiss manufacturer Synthes medical equipment for some 21 billion (about 16 billion euros), an operation that will boost its segment of orthopedics.

This is the largest ever acquisition by J & J.

To view approved by European competition authorities, the U.S. group had agreed to sell its European business in the area of ​​trauma.

In a statement, the European Commission stresses that the merged entity will continue to face several strong competitors.

Renault and China's Dongfeng Motor Group have signed a memorandum of agreement on their joint venture, Reuters reported Friday two sources with knowledge of the case.

This is a key step towards the production of the Renault cars in China, in 2009 became the first global car market.

Dongfeng in China is already associated with Nissan, the Japanese partner of the French group.

Renault and Dongfeng signed the agreement late March which sets out the broad outlines of their future joint venture, the sources said, without elaborating.

Renault declined to comment. 

After leaving the Chinese market for Nissan under a shared geographical areas between the two groups, Renault has decided to produce cars in China from 2014 – in 2016.

It is in talks with Dongfeng for several months, and expects to obtain by the end of the green light from Beijing to its manufacturing base in China.

Nokia stock market tumbled Wednesday after throwing a warning on its profits and reported a software bug in its new flagship model, the 900 Lumia, casting doubt on the ambitions a revival of the Finnish manufacturer of the smartphone market.

Nokia has for some time already distanced in this segment, dominated by Apple and Google.

Nokia has warned that he would show, the first and second quarter, representing an operating loss of approximately 3% of its sales in appliances and services, because of competition fe roce raging on the market when the group is reviewing its in-depth product offering.

Around 24:50 GMT, Nokia shares fell 18.3% to 3.12 euros. The stock has lost over half its value since Nokia discontinued its Symbian platform in February 2011, to equip its new smartphone operating system of Microsoft Windows.

"It's a disaster," said Thomas Langer for West LB.

"It was perhaps the most serious risk associated with Nokia model: the discount up to date models Lumia is not fast enough to offset poor sales Symbian. "

The market share of the Finnish group in the smartphone segment declined from 30% to 12% end 2010 end 2011.

In the morning, Nokia had reported a bug on its new model, the Lumia 900. First marketed in the U.S., this smartphone, which includes the operating system Windows Phone from Microsoft, was to be the spearhead of its winback.

"It's as if their engines had stalled at the start of a race, while all the spotlight is on them," said Carolina Milanesi, an analyst at Gartner.

FULL RESET

Lumia The 900 was launched on April 8 by AT & T. It must then be gradually sold worldwide in the current quarter.

In a statement, Nokia said that the outage that affects, and can sometimes result in "a loss of connectivity" refers only to the operating system and that it is linked or the handset or network.

A solution should be found by April 16, explains the Nordic group. He agrees to grant to anyone who bought a 900 Lumia, or which would be by 21 April, a rebate of $ 100 on his phone bill AT & T. This amounts to a full rebate on the price of the unit, sold at 99.99 dollars with a two-year contract.

The announcement of the bug is bad fallen for Nokia, which unveiled its model Wednesday Lumia 610 NFC, the first to include, in addition to the operating system Windows Phone, the NFC (Near Field Communication) in the heart of contactless payments.

NFC technology can transmit data wirelessly to a few centimeters, and so, using his mobile phone to pay for purchases, or save an e-ticket exchange photos and business cards.

This new model, certified for contactless payments using MasterCard and Visa technologies, will be marketed by Orange early in the third quarter, Nokia said. 

European shares rebound slightly sketched at the opening Monday as investors buying on the cheap after a week of consolidation, but the market, cautious, then returned to downward.

The Paris Bourse opened with a gain of 0.4% before falling to 3466.20 points (-0.29%), while the Eurostoxx 50 index was down 0.31%.

In Frankfurt, the DAX yields 0.18% while the FTSE London is 0.13%.

The action Havas jumped 9.38%. The group presented a proposed acquisition of 12% of its capital to reduce the discount on the stock exchange and optimize its financial structure.

Technip has been awarded by BP and its partners a contract to develop subsea infrastructure project in the UK North Sea for about $ 600 million, gained 2 , 6%.

For its part, PSA Peugeot sells 0.5% while employees of the French manufacturer and subsidiary of General Motors' Opel prepare to battle the bodies on the alliance the two carmakers.

The publication of the German Ifo index of business climate (0800 GMT) should set the tone of the session. "Germany is crucial for Europe and a strong figure (…) show that the lackluster environment in Europe does not affect business," Judge Joe Rundle, head of training at ETX Capital.

Cameron Peacock, market analyst at IG Markets, caution remains in order.

Economic prospects for improvement in Europe and the United States supported the dollar and European stock markets have closed up Wednesday, while bonds, which have much played the role of values refuge during the crisis, were logically abandoned.

In Paris the CAC 40 ended with a gain of 0.40% or 14.35 points to 3564.51 points. In Frankfurt, the DAX 30 gained 1.19%. In contrast, the FTSE UK sold 0.18%. The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index ended up 0.28% to 1,098.37 points, regaining its level of August.

The U.S. stock market, which many had mounted Tuesday, are more hesitant and outline a consolidation to their high levels.

The activity in developed economies is expected to accelerate in 2012 thanks to the highly accommodating monetary policies of central banks and signs of calming debt crisis in the eurozone, according to 250 economists polled by Reuters. 

Tuesday night, the Fed said evidence of a slight economic recovery and an easing of tensions in financial markets while confirming his promise to keep rates at ; levels close to zero for a long time.

In addition, major U.S. banks have nearly all passed the stress tests and continue to have annual required capital despite simulations of large losses, said Tuesday the Federal Reserve ; eral of the United States.

The dollar continues to rebound to hit a new high of 11 months against the yen and a new high of one month against the euro at 1.3028 dollars, after raising the Re Federal serves its assessment of the economic situation. 

The greenback rose to 83.65 yen a moment, its highest since mid-April 2011. According to traders, the Japanese exporting companies are reluctant to sell the U.S. currency. They anticipate a continuation of his rise. Since the beginning of the year, the dollar gained 8.6% against the yen.

Aéroports de Paris won the battle for the takeover of the Turkish operator TAV Havalimanlari Holding, which will take 38% to $ 874 million, officials said Sunday, sources close to the deal.

The other finalist, the French group Vinci, made an offer significantly lower for about a week ago and refused to increase it, governance is a sticking point, have sources said.

This is the most ambitious international operation to ADP from a cross-shareholding agreement with the Dutch operator Schiphol in 2008.

ADP will pay 11.5 Turkish lira per share – a premium of 35% over the closing price Friday of TAV. His participation is below the threshold that would require the filing of a bid for the entire company, the sources said.

The agreement enhances TAV, operator of ten airports in the world, including Istanbul, the largest in Turkey, approximately $ 2.3 billion.

Shareholders who control TAV, Tepe Insaat construction group and Akfen Holding, each selling 18% and retain more board seats.

An ADP spokesman did not immediately comment. A spokeswoman for Vinci said that the company does not comment on rumors.

The U.S. labor market continued to recover at a rapid pace in February, confirming the widespread economic recovery in the U.S., which could lead the Federal Reserve ; eral to reduce its support to the business and credit.

The economy created 227,000 non-farm jobs last month, showed the statistics released Friday by the Labor Department, and the unemployment rate remained at its lowest level three years, to 8.3%, despite the return to the labor market of part of those who had given up looking for job.

This is the first time since early 2011 that the new posts remain above 200.000 for three consecutive months, a development that, if confirmed, could be an asset in favor of President Barack Obama during the presidential election in November.

The figures for December and January were also revised upward, from 61,000 in total.

Economists polled by Reuters had expected an average of 210,000 jobs created in February after the figure of 243,000 was originally planned for January.

The last three months, job creation show a monthly average of 245,000.

"I think we'll begin (…) discuss an exit from the Fed's policy of ultra-accommodative faster than expected," said Omer Esiner, responsible for the analysis of Commonwealth Foreign Exchange market, in Washington. 

The New York Stock Exchange opened slightly higher after the release of employment report, while government bonds remained on the downside and the dollar rose against the euro and the yen.

INDUSTRY AND ACTING IN POINTE

The manufacturing sector, which was recorded in January the largest increase its workforce last year (52,000 jobs) remained strong in February with 31,000 designs, focused on the durable goods sector, a tendency to which is added the acceleration of temporary employment (45,200 after 32,100 in January).

In total, private companies have created 233,000 jobs last month while the public sector in 6000 removed. 

But even if the labor market returns to form, its recovery is insufficient to reduce the ranks of the 23.5 million Americans unemployed or involuntary part-time.

The Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke, ruled last week that the employment situation was "far from normal" and that further improvement required a higher demand for goods and services in the United States.

Conversely, he suggested it would darken the outlook to convince the Fed to initiate a new cycle of purchases of securities markets to lower interest rates, est. 

U.S. figures confirm the date that the United States remains one of the main drivers of global recovery at a time when China's growth is showing signs of deceleration and the area where Euro struggles to extricate from the crisis.

The unemployment rate of Seventeen was 10.7% in January, its highest level since the creation of the single currency.

Conversely, the U.S. unemployment rate fell 0.8 percentage points since August. And economists see it return to below 8% by the election deadline of November, even though the current upturn would result in an increase in the number of unemployed returners.

The participation rate of labor force (the percentage of people of working age who are employed or are seeking), rose last month to 63.9% against 63.7% in January.

The acceleration of new posts is not enough to reduce the long-term unemployment: some 43% of the 12.8 million unemployed Americans are for over six months.