Les Bourses européennes devraient ouvrir dans le vert before the services PMIs. The EuroStoxx 50 opens at 4,921.48 points (+0.63%), the CAC 40 at 7,957.57 points (+0.54%), the DAX 40 at 18,001.60 points (+0,59%), the FTSE 100 at 8,213.49 points (+0.54%), the SMT 40 at 18,001.60 points (+0,59%), the FTSE 100 at 8,213.49 points (+0.51%), the SMC 40 I at 11,272.95 points (+0.56%), the AEX at 887.44 points (+0.56%), the BEL 20 at 3,913.37 points (+0.52%), the IBEX 35 at 10,854.70 points (-0.56%), the DJIA at 38,675.68 points (+1.18%), the Nasdaq ; at 16,156.33 points (+1.99%), the S&P 500 at 5,127.79 points (+1.26%), and the Nikkei 225 at 38,236.07 points (-0.10%)

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As for exchange rates, the change from the close indicates that in New York, the EUR/USD is at 1.0764 (0.00%), the EUR/JPY at 165.63 (+0.53%), the USD/JPY at 153.88 (+0.53%), the USD/JPY at 153.88 (+0.53%).

Investors will be paying attention to Xi Jinping's visit to France. In the morning, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron will welcome his Chinese counterpart and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to the Elysée Palace to discuss

their trade disputes.

As far as businesses are concerned, Coface publishes its first-quarter results on Monday, while Elis and Beneteau reveal their turnover for the same period.

As investors await the final figures for the PMI services indices in the region, European equity markets are expected to open higher on Monday. At around 7:30am, the CAC 40 futures contract gained 17 points, or 0.2%, according to data from broker IG. The one on the DAX 40 took 40 points, or 0.2% as well, and the contract on the FTSE 100 advanced by 23 points, or 0.3%. Market attention on Monday will focus on the Eurozone and its member state PMIs in services in April, as well as on the speeches of Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin and his New York Fed counterpart

John Williams.

According to the Labor Department, the United States created 175,000 jobs last month, compared to 315,000 in March according to revised data and 240,000 expected by economists. The unemployment rate rose to 3.9% in April from 3.8% in March, while economists expected the rate to be stable

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Asian markets are trading in scattered order on Monday. The Hang Seng lost less than 0.1% at the end of the session in Hong Kong, while the Shanghai Composite rose 1.1% in its first session in May. The Tokyo Stock Exchange is closed on Monday.

US Treasury yields closed at their lowest level in three weeks on Friday. The report on employment in April in the United States revived the possibility of a fall in interest rates by the Federal Reserve (Fed). US sovereign rates also ended Friday's session with their biggest weekly drop in at least three months

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This morning, the euro is trading against the dollar. Investors who expect the dollar to fall should exercise some restraint as the accommodative tone expected by the Bank of England this week could be very favourable to the greenback, according to Vishnu Varathan, chief economist for Asia excluding

Japan at Mizuho Bank.

This morning, oil futures are trending higher. Analysts at ANZ Research said tensions in the Middle East are raising fears of supply disruptions. For ANZ, the market also expects an extension of production cuts from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). At 7:20 a.m., the July contract on North Sea Brent rose 37 cents, at 83.33 dollars per barrel, while the June contract on light sweet crude (WTI) listed on Nymex gained 38 cents, to

78.49 dollars per barrel.