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PARIS, March 9 (Reuters) - The French government has no plans to merge utility EDF and nuclear group Areva but the two state-owned companies could envisage an industrial alliance, and even a capital investment by EDF in Areva's reactor business, French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron told Reuters on Monday.

CARACAS, March 9 (Reuters) - Venezuela will respond shortly to new U.S moves to declare it a national security threat and sanction seven prominent officials, its foreign minister said on Monday.

WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) - New U.S. action declaring Venezuela a national security threat and sanctioning seven individuals will have no direct impact on Venezuela's energy sector, a senior U.S.

PARIS, March 9 (Reuters) - Swiss utility Alpiq has set up a new business unit to focus on the decommissioning of nuclear plants, a major growth area in Europe as dozens of reactors are nearing their end of their lives or being retired.

BUDAPEST, March 9 (Reuters) - Hungary's improved economic prospects and more market-friendly signals from the government could help the Budapest Stock Exchange (BET) outperform its main regional counterparts this year, the bourse's vice president said on Monday.

ARBIL, Iraq, March 9 (Reuters) - Iraqi Kurdistan said Monday it is on course to keep its side of an oil export deal reached with Baghdad in December, as loadings from the region reached the highest since it was struck.

* Indexes up: Dow 0.6 pct, S&P 0.3 pct, Nasdaq flat (Updates to midday trading)

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