After a new downturn in technology stocks On Wednesday on Wall Street, European stock exchanges should open in a hesitant on Thursday, while investors await the announcements of monetary policy of the Bank of England (BOE) and the Central Bank European (ECB).

Vinci will release its annual results on Thursday after the closing of the Paris Stock Exchange.

BNP Paribas raised its target on Thursday to profitability for 2028, after generating record and higher profits up to expectations in the past quarter. The banking group has set itself a new objective of growing net income of more than 10% per year between 2025 and 2028, compared to an increase of 7% per year between 2024 and 2026. By 2028, the The group aims for a return on ROTE equity of more than 13%.
ArcelorMittal also reports its fourth-quarter results on Thursday morning.
At around 7:40am, the CAC 40 futures contract gained 0.1%, according to data from IG broker.

While the session will be moderated on the map of monetary policy, futures contracts on European indices are changing shortly before opening on Thursday. Investors are also paying attention to geopolitical news, on the eve of nuclear talks between Iran and the United States.

IG broker data mentions that the contract Ultimately on the DAX 40 in Frankfurt was down 0.1%, while the FTSE 100 in London dropped 0.2%, around 7:40am.

After lowering it by a quarter point by percentage in December, the BOE is expected to maintain its key rate at 3.75%.

Investors are almost certain that the ECB will maintain its main policy rate at 2%.

Mark Wall, Chief Economist for Europe at Deutsche Bank, indicated in a recent research note that “the balance has always leaned towards further easing in 2026, due to the forecast of below-target inflation.” For him, “of recent events, such as the appreciation of the euro, highlight this risk”. “But the need for further relaxation of the monetary policy has not yet been proven,” he said.

The New York Stock Exchange closed in scattered order Wednesday, after the publication of a bad indicator on employment in the United States and new pressures on the tech sector.
The Dow Jones index rose 0.5% to 49,501.30 points. The S&P 500 also lost 0.5% to 6,882.72 points. The Nasdaq Composite, rich in values technological, fell by 1.5%, to 22,904.58 points, to sign a second strong downturn session.
The tech sector remained under pressure in a context of concern. around artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on the actors of software and data analysis. The action of the chip manufacturer AMD has plunged by more than 17% despite the presentation of good quality forecasts.
After the close, Alphabet, Google's parent company, reported an increase by 18% of its turnover in the fourth quarter, driven by the growth of its digital advertising and IT divisions dematerialized (cloud). Its turnover of nearly 114 billion dollars is higher than analysts' forecasts. Its net profit was increased to $34.5 billion, an increase of 30% compared to the same period of the previous year. Alphabet shares lost 0.4% in post-closing exchanges.
In Asia, the Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 0.9% on Thursday at the end of session. The Shanghai Composite Index dropped 0.6%, while the Hang Seng of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange fell by 0.5%.

The two-year stock exchange rate lost 1.7 percentage points base, at 3.56%. Around 7:40 a.m., the US Treasury bond rate at ten years was stable, at 4.27%.

The greenback gained 0.1% against the Japanese currency, at 156.96 yen. Vers At 7:40am, the euro lost 0.2% to 1.1789 dollars.

This morning, when the United States and Iran had reached an agreement to hold nuclear talks on Friday in Oman, oil prices are falling. Prices jumped on Wednesday, as a result American media reports that the talks between The United States and Iran may not take place on Friday.

The March contract on soft light crude (WTI) listed at Nymex lost 1.20 dollars, or 1.8%, to 63.95 dollars per barrel. Around 7:40, the April contract on North Sea Brent traded in London lost 1.27 dollars, or 1.8%, to 68.19 dollars per barrel.

The White House and the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs both confirmed Friday's meeting. It will be for the first time since last May that Washington and Tehran have held official negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program. The United States want Tehran to stop enriching uranium, put a brake on its uranium program ballistic missiles and stops supporting its regional agents (proxies). Iran said it was only willing to discuss its activities nuclear.