The Paris stock market is currently trading very slightly up, at around +0.2%, around 7010 points.

While today's session is likely to be rather quiet, due to a light calendar of both company publications and business statistics, the week promises to be particularly busy, with the financial statements of numerous heavyweights on the stock market, in addition to fourth-quarter US growth.

In the U.S., 93 S&P 500 companies are due to publish their results this week, including 12 of the 30 Dow Jones stocks.

Earnings releases will also continue in Europe, with announcements from ASML, LVMH, STMicroelectronics, Nokia and SAP.

On the macroeconomic front, the week will be dominated by the publication - on Thursday - of the first estimate of US gross domestic product (GDP) for the fourth quarter.

Investors will also be paying close attention to the publication, on Tuesday, of the 'flash' PMI indices in the euro zone, which should fuel the ongoing debate on the level of inflation and the risk of a recession.

The approach of the Federal Reserve's meeting on January 31 and February 1, which is likely to result in a further rate hike, could nevertheless prompt investors to exercise caution.

Moderate inflation and labor market data reinforce the assumption of a rate hike limited to 25 basis points next week.

In company news, SES announces a new agreement with Ivanhoe Mines to provide satellite broadband connectivity services to the Kamoa-Kakula copper project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Atos announces that it will coordinate through ARI (Atos Research and Innovation) a group of 41 public and private organizations that will work together over the next three years on the Sunrise project. This project aims to improve the resilience of critical infrastructures to the impact of pandemics and relevant risks linked to climate change or resource scarcity.

Thales Alenia Space and its partners announce the signature of a contract with ESA to carry out the TeQuantS quantum communications project. This project aims to develop quantum communications technologies between space and Earth for cyber security applications and for the development of the future Internet.

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