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Nothing goes into refining. While Total is planning to close its plant in Dunkirk, lack of opportunities and a sufficient margin, the French Union of Petroleum Industries (Ufip) drives the point home. The situation is "critical," said Jean-Louis Schilansky, its president.

Twelve French refineries are losing "150 million euros a month" since March 2009, and the industry continue to suffer in 2010. The closure of the site Total to Dunkirk, which alone accounts for 13% of the French ability, do not change much, according to Ufip, which dealt with the topic at European level.

"This is not the closure of a refinery in Europe that will be enough to restore the situation," says Jean-Louis Schilansky. It should delete "7 to 8 million barrels per day, or about 10% of installed capacity in Europe."In other words, on the 114 European refineries, "a half" should be closed to restore the balance between supply and demand.

Shell reported a loss of $ 1.7 billion

In France, controls oil products fell by 2.8% in 2009 and nearly 9% in ten years. The economic crisis is not the sole cause of this decline free credit score . Consumers roll than before, and prefer diesel to petrol. Furthermore, the refining overcapacity and inflation of the multiple requirements of ecology and safety is increasing pressure on margins. In this context, the French oil industry does not want to hear about carbon tax."If, in this very difficult situation, we add a layer, it will be worse here," warns Jean-Louis Schilansky.

Total is far from the only group to suffer in oil refining. The U.S. Exxon announced last week a loss of 189 million dollars in this activity in the fourth quarter of 2009. BP just to break even on this trade. Shell yesterday announced an annual loss of $ 1.76 billion in its refining division. This is the "worst crisis" for this activity for twenty-five years, and it does not end in 2010, warned Peter Voser, Shell's CEO. The British giant is planning to sell or close 15% of its portfolio in refining.

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After three sessions "for nothing", investors seem to be a little more optimistic on that last week's meeting. The publication, at 14.30, figures on U.S. employment for the month of December has revealed an unemployment rate stable at 10%. The U.S. has destroyed 85,000 jobs over the last month of the year, far more than expected by economists.

Recall that the statistics revealed in December for the month of November had been particularly good. Yesterday evening, the U.S. stock exchanges closed at equilibrium. While Asia has ended in hesitation, but with a jump in Tokyo.

In an interview with Le Figaro, Patrick Devedjian, minister responsible for implementing the recovery plan, draws up an initial assessment.More generally, Aurel BCG 'fears about the quality of the debts of some Member States and economic indicators still very erratic combine to maintain doubts about the prospects for the euro zone, including short term. "

At 11 hours, Eurostat reported unemployment in the euro area rose, reaching the symbolic threshold of 10% and confirmed that the rate of GDP growth stood at 0.4% in third quarter, compared to the second.

In France, the trade deficit of France was again widened in November. It reached 5.304 billion euros, according to Customs. Later, investors will also some attention to the index of construction costs in the third quarter in France. In Spain, industrial production fell 5.7% in November.

On Thursday the Bank of England decided to keep rates unchanged.The day before, the minutes of the Fed suggested a prolonged status quo on U.S. monetary policy.

On the currency front, the euro has stabilized against the dollar, traders taking a cautious stance before the publication of figures for U.S. employment.

Veolia Environnement still leads

In this market optimism, Veolia Environment (+3.91% at 25.10 euros), still leading the ranking of ACC 40, supported by integration by Goldman Sachs in its list of preferred values. Dexia gained 1.55% to 4.98 euros, while the bank has good looks, including Societe Generale, which won 1.50%, to 51.53 euros, which warned Friday it wants to consolidate all its assets Toxic scattered around the world.

Conversely, Renault lost 0.78%.The group should choose to assemble its new model on the site of Bursa, according to the Tribune on Friday.

Out of CAC 40 companies and Gameloft Beneteau derive Sector Index leisure facilities to increase (+2%). Beneteau (+8.80% at 12.49 euros) has announced a turnover of 87.7 million for its first quarter 2009-2010.

About the 400M (which actually date a third flight), "at a meeting of Secretaries of State will be held in London January 14," said a spokesman for the German Ministry of Defense AFP.The boss of Airbus (EADS subsidiary, 0.99% to 14.35 euros), the German Thomas Enders, has told a Christmas dinner of the director in December that it would " believed in a continuation of the program, and have begun to prepare its end, said Tuesday the Financial Times Deutschland.

The state, which holds more than 90% stake in Areva (-1.4% to 370.55 euros), discussed today with three partners in particular: the Japanese industrial Mitsubishi longstanding partner of the group nuclear, Qatar's sovereign wealth fund and its counterpart in Kuwait.

Bolloré Telecom, cantor of WiMax and a subsidiary of Bolloré Group (+0.17% to 118.20 euros) just bought the operator Altitude WiMax licenses of Alsace and Burgundy regions.

The second French operator of mobile telephony, SFR (subsidiary of Vivendi), claimed on Thursday offers the most complete multifunction phones, thanks to exclusive deals with Palm and Google. Vivendi (-1.18% to 20.86 euros), precisely, the trial in New York continues its course. This public trial in class action accuses the group of giving financial communications strompeuses between 2000 and 2002.

Rentabiliweb announced this morning launching a capital increase of 10 million euros. Its shares are now traded on Euronext, and not on Alternext.