At the opening on Friday, the European stock exchanges are expected to try to recover, following a sharp downturn, while Investors remain attentive to tensions between the United States and Iran.

Air Liquide has indicated that it expects a further increase in its main performance indicators. For this year, the industrial gas specialist forecasts an increase of 100 points in basis of its operating margin compared to 2025, excluding the effects of energy price and the acquisition of DIS Airgas, as well as an improvement of its recurring net income, at constant exchange rates.

The specialist in cryogenic membranes for Transportation of liquefied natural gas (GTT) has published strong results growth in 2025 thanks to a strong growth in its activity.

Credit insurer Coface published Thursday earnings fell in 2025, due to a stronger environment difficult, marked by strong competition on its market and by a number a historic high number of bankruptcies.

Thursday evening, the producer of industrial minerals Imerys announced that it had reached the low end of the range of its objective of profitability in 2025 and will launch a cost reduction program for 2026 and 2027.
At around 7:40am, the CAC 40 futures contract gained 0.5%, according to data from IG broker.

While investors are waiting for a series of macroeconomic indicators including the important PCE inflation index in the United States, futures contracts on European equity markets rose on Friday in pre-opening.

Around 7:40 a.m., the DAX 40 futures contract at Frankfurt rose by 0.3%, while the FTSE 100 in London gained 0.4%, according to IG broker data.

According to an interview that the president of the Frankfurt institution, Christine Lagarde believes that the achievement of her mission at the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) implies that she Go on until the end of his term. These remarks come in a context of speculation on an early departure of Christine Lagarde from the presidency of the SPOUT.

The New York Stock Exchange closed lower on Thursday, while the risks of military escalation in Iran have caused prices to rise in oil. Walmart's cautious forecasts and the Reserve's reluctance Federal (Fed) to continue its rate cuts also weighed on the trend.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5% to 49,395.16 points, and the S&P 500 dropped 0.3% to 6,861.89 points. The Nasdaq Composite, rich in technology stocks, fell by 0.3% to 22,682.73 points.

The world's leading distributor, Walmart (-1.4%), which recently passed the $1 trillion mark in capitalization stock market, published results on Thursday that were slightly higher than expected for the fourth quarter, but its forecasts for the current fiscal year have cooled investors.

US President Donald Trump is considering a first military strike limited against Iran to force the country to meet its requirements for a nuclear deal, according to an article published by the Wall Street Journal Thursday evening.
This strike, if authorized, could take place in the days that come and would target a few military or government sites, according to sources cited by the daily. If Iran still refused to stop its nuclear enrichment activities as required by Donald Trump, the United States would respond with a broad campaign against the regime's installations Tehran, potentially aiming to overthrow him, adds the newspaper.

Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would decide on his next actions concerning Iran within ten days. Later, he told journalists that his schedule was a maximum of about two weeks. “We're going to make a deal or get a deal in a way or another,” he said.

On the monetary policy side, the governor of The Fed Stephen Miran, although known for his accommodative positions, admitted Thursday that the latest employment and inflation data did not suggest in favor of a sharp drop in rates, contrary to what he had supported up to now.
The day before, the minutes of the Fed meeting on January 27 and 28 had confirmed the reluctance of American central bankers to cut again interest rates.
In Asia, the Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell by 1.1% on Friday at the end of session. The Hang Seng on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange lost 0.6%. The Bourses of Mainland China are closed for Lunar New Year.

The two-year stock rate rose by 1 basis point, to 3.47% around 7:40, and The 10-year US Treasury bond yield lost 0.8 percentage points base, at 4.07%.

The greenback rose by 0.2% against the currency Japanese, at 155.23 yen. While around 7:40am, the euro lost 0.2%, to 1.1753 dollar.

In a context of tensions between the United States and with Iran likely to cause supply disruptions, contracts to Oil prices are increasing this morning.

Around 7:40 a.m., the April contract on Brent de Mer from North listed in London gained 61 cents, or 0.9%, to $72.27 per barrel. The April contract on soft light crude (WTI) listed on Nymex rose by 55 cents, or 0.8%, to 66.95 dollars per barrel.

The US Department of Energy announced On Thursday a sharp drop in crude inventories in the United States last week.

While analysts expected a increased by 1.1 million barrels, these reserves fell by 9 million of barrels compared to the previous week.