European stock exchanges are expected to open sharply on Monday after the announcement by the American President, Donald Trump, of the introduction of a 30% customs surcharge as of August 1 on European products exported to the United States.

The French banking group, which currently owns 19.8% of the Italian bank's capital, indicated that it planned to “acquire a sufficient number of shares to locate its stake in Banco BPM immediately above the 20% threshold in order to place itself under the regime of significant influence and thus consolidate its equity participation, in line with its role as a long-term shareholder and partner of Banco BPM.” By potentially strengthening its positions within the Italian bank, CASA would increase its bargaining power against the transalpine group UniCredit, which received the conditional green light from the European Commission in June for its takeover offer

Crédit Agricole SA (CASA) announced on Friday that it had requested authorization from the European Central Bank to increase its stake in the capital of Banco BPM above the 20% threshold.

The construction and concessions group Vinci for its part announced on Friday the appointment of Thierry Mirville as Deputy Chief Financial Officer as of October 1.

The investment company Eurazeo announced on Friday that it had entered into exclusive discussions with the European holding of the American company Ferrara Candy in order to sell the confectionery and chocolate specialist CPK to it.

Around 7:40 a.m., the CAC 40 futures contract fell by 0.7%, according to data from broker IG.

Defense values will be monitored on Monday the day after Emmanuel Macron's speech to the armies, who announced a doubling of the defense budget, to 64 billion euros, in 2027 compared to 2017. An update of the military programming law for 2024-2030 will be presented in the autumn, said the President of the Republic.

On Monday, European equity market futures fell in preopening, as did those on the New York Stock Exchange indexes after Donald Trump's new tariff announcements this weekend by Donald Trump.

Around 7:40 a.m., the DAX 40 futures contract in Frankfurt lost 0.9%, while the FTSE 100 in London dropped 0.1%, according to data from broker IG.

At the same hour, the S&P 500 index futures contract lost 0.4% to 6,272 points. Those on the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 fell in the same proportions, to 44,413 points and 22,860 points,

Last Saturday, Donald Trump announced on his Truth Social network that the United States would apply 30% customs surtaxes on products imported from the European Union and Mexico as of August 1.

In a letter addressed to the President of the European Commission, Ursula ven der Leyen, and published on Truth Social, the American president indicated that these 30% tariffs are “distinct from sectoral tariffs.”

Donald Trump's letter comes after weeks of intense negotiations between American and European officials aimed at reaching a framework agreement on trade. European officials said they wanted to conclude these negotiations before 1 August.

The EU announced on Sunday that it was deferring its retaliatory tariffs against American products, which were due to take effect on Monday. For Ursula von der Leyen, “now is the time for negotiations

EU member states had previously approved a set of tariffs that would affect 21 billion euros in imports from the United States, or about 25 billion dollars. These tariffs were suspended during the negotiations. The EU has also proposed a separate package that it said could target up to 95 billion euros in products imported from the United States, but has not yet finalized this plan

In Asia, the Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange was stable on Monday 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

The stock rate at two years lost 0.8 basis points to 3.90%. At around 7:40am, the 10-year US Treasury bond rate rose 1.8 basis points to 4.43%