Paris stocks experienced a decline on Wednesday as investors adopted a cautious stance in anticipation of the Federal Reserve’s forthcoming monetary policy announcement scheduled for later in the day. Comments from certain officials at the European Central Bank indicated that the institution is expected to take a pragmatic, wait-and-see approach concerning its future policy stance, which slightly dampened sentiment.

In the interim, the French legislature has sanctioned the social-security budget for 2026. This development is expected to offer a degree of respite for Sébastien Lecornu’s minority administration. The benchmark CAC experienced a decline of 35.73 points, reflecting a decrease of 0.44%, settling at 8,016.78 shortly after noon.

• Thales experienced a decline of nearly 3%.
• Renault experienced a decline of 2.25%, whereas Vinci and Euronext both decreased by nearly 2%.
• Accor, Hermes International, Orange, Capgemini, Veolia Environment, Dassault Systemes, Bouygues, Stellantis, Sanofi, and Michelin experienced declines ranging from 0.6% to 1.4%.
• Carrefour experienced an increase of approximately 0.8%.

Outdoor advertising company JCDecaux is collaborating with Carrefour CA, Carmila CARM, and Unlimitail to enhance retail media initiatives at Carrefour and Carmila locations in France and Spain. Societe Generale experienced an increase of nearly 1%. Eurofins Scientific, Unibail Rodamco, and Bureau Veritas recorded slight increases in their valuations.