The Paris Bourse is set to open quietly on Monday morning, after a positive week last Friday, boosted by solid corporate results and reassuring economic indicators.

At around 8:15 a.m., the future contract on the August-delivered CAC 40 index was down 1.5 points at 7,490.5 points, pointing to a lacklustre start to the week.

Last week, the Paris index managed to gain 0.6%, placing it ideally to post gains of exactly 1% over the whole of July, which ends today.

Recent economic developments, which lend credence to the thesis of a soft landing for growth, seem to have eased investors' minds.

A rather successful start to the earnings season has also rekindled risk appetite, as has last week's unsurprising rhetoric from the major central banks.

According to FactSet, 80% of S&P 500 companies have so far delivered better-than-expected earnings, well above their five-year (77%) and 10-year (73%) historical averages.

The markets are gearing up for another busy week on the corporate results front, with numerous heavyweights such as Amazon and Apple set to publish their results.

A number of European heavyweights, including adidas, BMW, bp, Ferrari and Merck KGaA, will also be unveiling their quarterly accounts in the coming days.

In addition, the Bank of England (BoE) will announce its monetary policy decisions on Thursday

On the macroeconomic front, the week will be dominated by the publication of the latest US employment figures on Friday.

Starting today, investors will be keeping a close eye on the first estimate of inflation in the eurozone for July, as well as the first figure for economic growth in the region in the second quarter.

However, the advance of the stock markets seems to remain at the mercy of bond tensions.

The past week was negative for European yields, ending with a further deterioration in German Bunds and French OATs.

In the United States, the past week ended with a small improvement in 10-year Treasuries, whose yield fell back below 4%, reducing their weekly loss to 13.5 points.

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