Stock market: Europe travels cautiously, the spread remains at 145 points. German consumer confidence showed little change at -29 points, in line with estimates.

French consumer confidence fell to 89 points from the previous 91 and the 92 expected. Oil is stable (WTI at 77.6 dollars and Brent at 82.5 dollars) while gas drops to 23.3 euros per megawatt hour, widening the decline to 2.7%. On the exchange rate front, the euro showed littleChange at 1.0853 dollars.