Les marchés d' actions européens sont attendus en hausse, driven by Wall Street. The EuroStoxx 50 opens at 4,743.17 points (+0.72%), the CAC 40 at 7,743.42 points (+0.86%), the DAX 40 at 17,046.69 points (+0.86%), the DAX 40 at 17,046.69 points (+0.60%), the FTSE 100 at 7,597.53 points (+0.38%), the SMI at 11,284.18 points (+0.63%), the AEX at 847.59 points (+0.46%), the BEL 20 at 3,694.38 points (+0.79%), the IBEX 35 at 9,927.30 points (+0.11%), the DJIA at 38,773.12 points (+0.91%), the Nasdaq & agrave; 15,906.17 points (+0.30%), the S&P 500 at 5,029.73 points (+0.58%), and the Nikkei 225 at 38,487.24 points (+0.86%

As for exchange rates, the change from the close indicates that in New York, the EUR/USD is at 1.0763 (-0.09%), the EUR/JPY at 161.69 (+0.09%), and the USD/JPY at 161.69 (+0.11%), and the USD/JPY at 150.24 (+0.20%).

The construction and concessions group Vinci reported on Thursday a sharp drop in traffic on its highways in France in January in January, due to the effect of the protest movement from farmers, but that of its airports continued to increase. On Thursday evening, the stock exchange operator Euronext published higher results for the 2023 financial year, marked by good cost control and higher than expected synergies resulting from the takeover of Borsa Italiana. For its part, the real estate company Covivio announced that it expected recurring net income (adjusted EPRA Earnings) to rise slightly this year, after having exceeded its objective for this profitability indicator in 2023, in a context of increasing its rental income. Sartorius Stedim Biotech published its annual results on Friday, while Eutelsat presented its accounts for the first half of its fiscal year. For its part, Orpea announces its annual turnover

In the wake of Wall Street and Asian stock markets, European equity markets are expected to open higher this Friday. According to data from broker IG, the CAC 40 futures contract gained 39 points, or 0.5%, while the DAX 40 contract gained 58.8 points, or 0.4%. The FTSE 100 contract was up 37.6 points, or 0.5%,

The New York Stock Exchange recovered on Thursday and the S&P 500 set a new historic record after the publication of mixed economic data, which revived hopes of reducing interest rates in the United States. The Federal Reserve (Fed), industrial production fell unexpectedly in January (-0.1%), but this underperformance can be explained by unfavorable weather conditions. The number of unemployment claims also fell by 8,000 last week across the Atlantic, but the Labor Department reported an increase in the total number of people receiving unemployment benefits.
Investors are waiting for signs of a slowdown in the US economy, which could encourage the Fed to relax its policies in the coming months. Statistics on producer prices, building permits and housing starts, as well as the University of Michigan's confidence index for February will be published this Friday in the United States.

Asian markets rose on Friday. The Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose by 0.9% and the Hang Seng rose 2.5% at the end of trading in Hong Kong. Mainland Chinese markets are still closed for Lunar New Year celebrations.

This morning, US Treasury bond yields are rising. Treasury bill prices recovered on Thursday after the announcement of a fall in US retail sales in January, which caused yields to fall for the second consecutive session. Andrew Hunter, deputy chief economist for the United States at Capital Economics said that “the 0.8% drop [over one month] in retail sales in January could be in part due to the correction of a previous weather-related distortion, but it contradicts the hypothesis of a resumption of economic activity. ”.

The 10-year US Treasury yield rose 4 basis points to 4.263% at around 7:10. That of the stock at 2 years increased by 3 basis points, to 4.609%.

This morning, the euro gave some ground against the dollar. But it is appreciating against the yen, like the greenback. According to Westpac Strategy Group, Fed officials will likely take into account all the indicators in the United States and not only the poor retail sales figures for a single month. The latter indicates that the overall picture is that of a resilient economy. Maybank analysts point out that the latest statistics published across the Atlantic suggest that the growth gap between the United States and the rest of the world will peak during the first quarter

This morning, oil futures are trading in scattered order. Investors assess different signals about the state of supply and demand. Westpac analysts believe that the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned this month of a slowdown in global oil demand growth, signaling a sharp drop in Chinese demand

At 7:10, the March contract on soft light crude (WTI) listed on Nymex gained 11 cents, at 78.14 dollars per barrel, and the April contract on North Sea Brent lost 4 cents, to 82.82 dollars per barrel.