The Paris Bourse ended with a gain of 0.46% to 3026.76. Other European markets end up in unison.

Values, Rémy Cointreau finished with a gain of 2.9%. The second group of French spirits saw its operating income rose 31% in the first half of 2011-2012 and intends to add a new brand to its portfolio of spirits.

The London Stock Exchange also ended up on a 0.46% to 5337.00 points.

These will begin in the evening and will begin with interviews with the presidents of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, Gianfranco Fini and Renato Schifano, sources said political sources.

In a brief speech following his nomination, Mario Monti said that Italy had "overcome the challenge of redemption" in a "troubled European and global context."

"The country must become a pillar of strength, not a weak link in the European Union that we were among the founders," said the former European Commissioner.

"The cost of support for the Belgian Dexia is not insignificant, and highlights a weakness of the note of Belgium, including a large banking and financial commitment that implies for the state," said Douglas Renwick, one of the leaders of the team responsible for Fitch's sovereign ratings, told Reuters in an email.

Monday morning, Standard and Poor's and Moody's confirmed or repeated Monday that they give full marks to the French public debt and its stable outlook, hours after the announcement of the public bailout of Franco-Belgian bank Dexia.

This plan includes 90 billion of government guarantees to ensure the financing needs of the public entity that will remain after decommissioning. Belgium will provide 60.5% of these guarantees, against 36.5% in France, the remainder returning to Luxembourg.

Suspended since Thursday, Dexia shares plummeted to its resumption of trading at 14.30, losing up to 36% before recovering an hour later to earn 8.88% to 0.92 euro. She eventually finished down 4.73% to 0.805 euro.At its highest in late May 2007, the action was still worth 22.56 euros.

Maria Malas-Mroueh, who is also one of the leaders of sovereign ratings, said that 36.5% of 90 billion of guarantees accounted for at most 1.6% of French GDP."For Fitch, Dexia exposure is small compared to the French GDP and it is not in itself a significant risk to the French note," she said in an email.

This view is shared by Moody's which held that the dismantling of Dexia would, for now, no impact on credit ratings of France.

Some concern weighing on the credit rating due to a share of the debt of France and also the country's banks' exposure to debt in the euro area device.

Second largest economy in the euro zone, France is the country whose deficit and debt are the highest in six countries in the euro area still rated AAA.

François Hollande is widely considered more credible than its rival in the primary Martine Aubry on economic issues, according to a BVA poll showed that these two socialist leaders outweigh Nicolas Sarkozy to manage the crisis.

According to this opinion poll conducted for BFMTV BFM Challenge.fr and Business, published Wednesday, before the last debate between six candidates broadcasting the primary member for Corrèze is considered much more credible than the mayor of Lille for growth economic (60% against 22% and 18% not ruling).

Ditto for the debt (59% against 23% and 18% NSQ), taxes (55% against 27% and 18% Aubry NSP) and the purchasing power (50% to him 32% to her, 18% undecided). Domination yet Mr. Holland to the fight against unemployment (48% against 34% in Aubry (18% NSP).

The latter prevails, however, by 45% against 37% (18% NSP) regarding the fight against poverty and insecurity. If a financial crisis "of the magnitude of 2008" is declared, the French are much more confidence to deal with, the two socialist leaders as outgoing president: 54% Netherlands, 39% against Sarkozy (7% DK), 50% against 42% Aubry Sarkozy (8% DK).

A huge majority, the French are "somewhat less confident" in September to face the economic situation: 82% against 17% of an opposite view. There were only 65% ​​rather less confident about a month ago.

Survey by telephone and internet on 29 and 30 September 1215 from people aged 15 and over (representative sample, quota method).

This is the lowest closing price of Brent in seven and a half months.

Shortly before, a barrel of U.S. light crude had ended down $ 1.59, or 2.01% to 77.61 dollars.

Japanese equity markets also fell in anticipation of the statistics of job creation in the United States, expected in fall.

The Nikkei lost 110.06 points to 8,950.74 and the Topix, broader, sold 8.50 points (1.09%) to 769.78.

The Nikkei has sold 9% in August and most market players expect a warmer month of September.The global uncertainty, however, continues to weigh on prices.

Next week, Japanese markets should evolve in the wake of those of the United States, where the tone will be given the speech that President Barack Obama will deliver on the job Thursday night.

Friday, the Tokyo Stock Exchange has responded little to the appointment of the new government formed by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. The latter was chosen for the Minister of Finance Jun Azumi relatively inexperienced.

This choice suggests that Noda, outgoing Finance Minister, will continue to weigh on the country's economic policy.

Export values ​​have suffered in Tokyo. Sony fell 4.3% to 1,625 yen. Toyota and Honda respectively yielded 1.56% to 2,711 yen and 1.96% to 2,507 yen.

The Nikkei gained 1.30 point to 8,955.20 and the Topix, broader took 3.30 points (0.43%) to 770.60.

Japanese stock indices have evolved jagged, torn between the inclination to take profits and hope to see the Fed become more involved in supporting the economy.

The Fed has proposed a series of actions to support the U.S. economy at its meeting in early August, some members calling for bold action, according to the minutes of the monetary policy meeting of the central bank's August 9.

Values, we see the dip of 9.48% of Aozora Bank. The action of the bank had made progress Tuesday against a backdrop of discussions on a takeover by the Australian bank ANZ but the fear of not seeing the transaction to materialize has prompted investors to take profits.

The Dutch group, owner of the first supermarket chain in the Netherlands (Albert Heijn) while achieving 60% of its sales in the U.S. market, complete its share buyback program of one billion euros by March 2012, six months earlier than expected so.

Ahold, which has cash of over $ 2 billion, said the schedule change does not signal the abandonment of his hopes for acquisitions and has announced plans to export its format from the supermarket next year in Germany and possibly Belgium.

Around 8:15 GMT, Ahold lost 3.57% to 8.04 euros the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, while the Stoxx European retail sector yielded only 0.09%.

Operating earnings excluding items of the group fell 21% in the second quarter to 275 million euros, less than 309 million euros expected according to Reuters.

The weak dollar and restructuring costs have contributed to this including poor performance, said the group, which operates nearly three.000 stores in 12 countries.

In a context of rising fuel prices, stagnant wages and fear of an economic downturn, retailers have struggled to pass on price increases to consumers in Europe and America.

The Belgian group Delhaize, which also carries the bulk of its sales in the United States, also missed the consensus in the second quarter. The sales of Ahold, slightly better than expected, fell 3.5% to 6.87 billion euros.Market share increased in the United States and the Netherlands.

However, the turnover number of store in the United States was up 1.2% excluding fuel and the operating margin stood at 4.1%, slightly lower progressions that expected.

In contrast to the Netherlands, sales and operating margin, respectively up 2.6% and 6.2%, in line with expectations.

Greece has signed with its international donors agreed a new rescue package in July, covering its financing needs until mid-2014.

It was later, as part of a bilateral agreement, agree to provide a guarantee (collateral) to Finland in exchange for loans, leading Austria, Slovakia and the Netherlands to make the same requirement the week passed.

However, the Netherlands has changed its attitude Monday, their Finance Minister Jan Kees de Jager rejected the Austrian proposal to extend the principle of collateral.

The rating agency said Monday that the proliferation of such bilateral agreements with granting the guarantee would be negative for the credit rating of Greece, now that or just a notch above the default.

"The agreement between Greece and Finland, in itself, small scale, is nevertheless very significant.Continue with this approach could delay the next tranche of financial assistance to Greece and therefore precipitate a default in payment, "said she.

Greece in September to receive a slice of eight billion euros in the first aid program.

Moody's believes that other countries in the euro area will come to interfere with the agreement with Finland.

"One thing leads to another and you can get into difficulties in the implementation of the bailout.Maybe it was a mistake to enter into this agreement with Finland, "said a Greek economist.

Greece, which market activity is limited to monthly auctions of short-term debt, to refinance 4.0 billion euros good three and six months in September.

For the agency, require collateral demonstrates a lack of commitment on the part of some countries in the euro area, increasing the load all over France and Germany, who have to take extremely firm commitments to strengthen the euro area.

"The deep divide, despite a facade of unity of the countries in the euro area, as evidenced by such requirements, and that even in the context of the new Franco-German proposals to strengthen the European institutions, is a source of new concerns about the conditional nature of the current mechanism and scalable financial support, "Moody's also noted.

She finally believes that the proliferation of collateral agreements also restrict the pool of funds available for future rescue packages.

Confirmation of the AAA rating of the United States by Fitch, a strong statistical U.S. industrial production and a given property under lower than expected do not adequately compensated in early trade.

The Dow Jones lost 1% to 11,366.69 points.The S & P 500 yields 1.2% to 1190.68 points and the Nasdaq Composite drops 1.2% to 2524.4 points.

Housing starts have declined less than expected in July in the United States to meet demand in the rental market, while the number of building permits contracted sharply.

Industrial production in the United States increased more than expected in July, thanks to the automotive sector and the heat wave that has boosted the use of air conditioners and thus power consumption.

On the corporate side, Wal-Mart reported Tuesday a 0.9% decline in sales on a comparable basis in the United States in the second quarter, showing a ninth consecutive quarterly decline in its domestic market.

But he also raised its forecast earnings per share over the year, now expects a range of 4.41 to 4.51 dollars from 4.35 to 4.50 against dollar before.

The action gained 2.7% to 51.33 dollars.

Home Depot has reported better than expected earnings in the second quarter, driven by demand for seasonal products and repairs related to climatic disturbances, and the group raised its annual profit forecast.

The action takes 5.75% to 33.28 dollars.