European stock markets are expected to open higher on Wednesday, the day after another positive session on Wall Street, while the easing of tensions in the Middle East supports the appetite for risk.

Valneva is bringing its shareholders together for its annual general meeting, while Prosus is holding an investor day.

The Ipsos investigative study group announced that it had completed the acquisition of its French competitor The BVA Family. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.
Trigano published its third-quarter turnover on Wednesday

The operator of retirement homes and clinics Clariane announced that it had completed an unsecured bond issue in the amount of 400 million euros. The bonds, which mature for 5 years, have an annual rate (coupon) of 7.875%. The order book has reached an oversubscription rate of more than three times

The construction and concessions group Vinci announced that it has signed a share purchase agreement with an investment service provider to implement share repurchases of up to a maximum amount of 250 million euros.

On Tuesday evening, the French government ordered the immobilization of 800,000 additional vehicles due to faulty Takata airbags. Many automotive groups are concerned, including Stellantis, Volkswagen, Volkswagen, Audi, Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Nissan, Ford or even Toyota

Around 7:40 a.m., the CAC 40 futures contract grew by 0.1%, according to data from broker IG.

Around 7:40 a.m., the DAX 40 futures contract in Frankfurt rose by 0.3%, while the FTSE 100 in London rose by 0.1%, according to data from broker IG.

In Asia, the Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange gained 0.4% on Wednesday at the end of trading. The Shanghai Composite Index rose by 0.5%, while the Hang Seng on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange rose by 0.8%.

According to Dan Ives, an analyst at Wedbush, “it will take some time for [the Israel-Iran conflict] to be resolved with this ceasefire as a first step, but the market will consider the worst to be over now, with investors looking to the future.”

For Interactive Brokers, “if the truce holds, it has the potential to significantly boost confidence in President Donald Trump's ability to crack down on violence around the world and could even offer leverage to Washington as the July 9 deadline approaches & could even offer leverage to Washington as the July 9 deadline approaches & raquo;.
A preliminary report by US intelligence indicates that US military strikes last week on three Iranian nuclear facilities delayed Tehran's nuclear ambitions for only a few months.

On Tuesday, the New York Stock Exchange rose sharply, encouraged by the Israel-Iran ceasefire and the sharp drop in oil prices.
The Dow Jones index rose 1.2% to 43,089.02 points, while the S&P 500 gained 1.1% to 6,092.18 points. The Nasdaq Composite Index, rich in technology stocks, gained 1.4% to 19,912.53 points

The two-year stock rate rose 1.9 basis points to 3.80%. At around 7:40am, the 10-year US Treasury bond rate was stable at 4.30%.

This morning, oil prices rose, after two days of sharp declines, while the risks of supply disruptions have not disappeared.

The August contract for soft light crude (WTI) listed on Nymex was $1.01, or 1.6%, at $65.39 per barrel. Around 7:40 a.m., the August contract for North Sea Brent listed in London rose by 1.08 dollars, or 1.6%, to 68.16 dollars