Paris’s CAC 40 fell 1% to close at 7,818 on Tuesday, pausing after a six-session winning streak that pushed the index to its highest level since August 22. Investor focus shifted to the US Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting beginning today, with markets broadly expecting a 25-basis-point rate cut - the first in nine months. Among individual movers, the financial sector was among top decliners with AXA, Credit Agricole, and Societe Generale losing between 1.7% and 3.6%, while BNP Paribas slipped 1.4% despite reaffirming a bullish outlook, projecting net income above €12.2 billion by 2025 and targeting a 12% ROTE by 2026, supported by strong momentum and solid Q2 results. Elsewhere, L’Or