(Photo credits: Adobe Stock – ) PARIS, Sept. 1 (Reuters) – Stocks to watch on Thursday on the Paris Stock Exchange and in Europe where futures point to a lower opening: * PERNOD RICARD PERP.PA said on Thursday forecast a “good start” to the first quarter of its new financial year after recording organic operating profit growth of 19% in 2021-2022, above expectations, thanks to record sales supported by strong demand in Europe, in China and the United States and cost control. ➦ Pernod-Fully Earned Earnings Above Expectations on Record Sales * Tech sector .SX8P , and semiconductor makers in particular, to watch at the open following US authorities’ decision to ban Nvidia NVDA.O and AMD AMD.O to sell certain chips used in artificial intelligence in China. * EIFFAGE FOUG.PA on Wednesday confirmed its outlook for this year of further growth in activity and results after consolidated revenue of 9.45 billion euros in the first half, up 8.6 % at actual structure, and current operating income of 925 million euros, up 36.2%. ➦ Eiffage confirms its outlook for 2022 * DANONE DANO.PA announced on Wednesday that it has placed a bond issue for an amount of 600 million euros, with a maturity of 10 years and a coupon of 3.071% . ➦ Danone completes €600 million bond issue * AIR FRANCE KLM AIRF.PA announced on Wednesday that Pieter Bootsma has been appointed deputy managing director in charge of group strategy and that Angus Clarke will become deputy managing director and “chief sales officer”. ➦ Air France-KLM: Pieter Bootsma appointed Deputy Managing Director in charge of Group Strategy * LUFTHANSA LHAG.DE – The pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit announced on Wednesday evening the failure of negotiations between the airline Lufthansa and launched an appeal for the strike for Friday. ➦ Lufthansa wants to limit the impact of the pilots’ strike scheduled for Friday * RECKITT BENCKISER announced Thursday the resignation at the end of September of its managing director, Laxman Narasimhan, after three years in office. * RIO TINTO RIO.L has reached an agreement in principle to buy the 49% stake in the Canadian mining group Turquoise Hill Resources TRQ.TO which it does not yet hold for 3.3 billion dollars (3.2 billion euros). euros). * INPOST published a gross operating surplus up 41% thanks to the growth in the volume of its parcel deliveries and the continued expansion of its locker network. * LVMH, HERMÈS HRMS.PA, RICHEMONT CFR.S, SWATCH UHR.S – HSBC is lowering its recommendation to “hold” versus “buy” on these luxury stocks. * ORPEA ORP.PA – Berenberg lowers its recommendation to “hold” against “buy”. (Written by Claude Chendjou and Laetitia Volga, edited by Tangi Salaun)