European stock exchanges are expected to open near The balance on Tuesday in the midst of a new trade chaos.

The engineering group for the energy industry Technip Energies announced on Tuesday that it had won, in partnership with the company Japanese JGC and the Korean company Samsung Heavy Industries, a contract significant for the Coral Norte floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique.

The chemist Solvay indicated on Tuesday that he was aiming for a surplus underlying gross operating income (Ebitda) fell in 2026, after seeing its results of the last fiscal year come out relatively in line with the expectations of analysts.

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

Futures contracts on the stock markets Europeans are mixed. Investors continue to digest the latest developments in US President Donald Trump's trade policy and his attacks on the Supreme Court decision invalidating a major part of its extensive tariff program.

Around 7:40 a.m., the DAX 40 futures contract at Frankfurt was up 0.1%, while the FTSE 100 in London was down 0.1%, according to IG broker data.

The New York Stock Exchange ended sharply lower Monday after the announcement of new American tariffs and the intensification of volatility linked to artificial intelligence (AI). The Dow Jones index lost 1.7%, ending at 48,804.06 points. The S&P 500 fell by 1% to 6,837.75 points, and the Nasdaq Composite, rich in values technological, dropped 1.1% to 22,627.27 points.
Wall Street has been caught up in fears over the fallout. expected from AI after a publication by the research firm Citrini Research, According to whom technological advances could lead to layoffs massive numbers of executives, disrupting the asset management sector and making collapse in tax revenues. In the scenario under consideration, these are precisely the prowess of AI that will cause upheavals, up to 38% of its value in the S&P 500, according to the fiscal year prospective by Citrini.

For its part, IBM shares (-13%) were brutally sanctioned while Anthropic presented a new AI tool that promises to modernise the Cobol computer language independently. With its consultants, IBM derives a significant portion of its revenue from maintenance and the modernization of computer systems based on this language.
The American President, Donald Trump, announced on Sunday the establishment of a new global customs duty of 15% on all imports entering United States. This surtax comes after the Supreme Court decision, Friday, to invalidate a large part of the customs duties decided by the American president last year. To impose this new customs duty, Donald Trump is using section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. In a way general, this layout, which has never been used before for tariffs, allows a president to impose tariffs ranging from up to 15% for a maximum of 150 days to remedy problems caused by persistent trade deficits.

In Asia, the Hang Seng Index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange At the end of trading, Kong fell 2% on Tuesday. Shanghai Composite made headway side by 0.9%. The Nikkei index closed up 0.9% on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

US Treasury yields are close to balance. Wall Street is digesting Donald Trump's announcement of global tariffs. These decisions are rekindling uncertainty, which weighs on the appetite for risk on financial markets. According to a Wall Street Journal consensus, for The Future, the Conference's Consumer Confidence Index in the United States Board for February is expected to rise to 86.8, from 84.5 in January.

Around 7:45 a.m., the Treasury bond rate American at age ten gained 1 basis point (0.01 percentage point), at 4.05%. The two-year bond yield was almost stable at 3.46%.

The Swiss franc should remain in demand in months to come if uncertainty and turmoil in financial markets persist according to a note by Jane Foley of Rabobank. For her, the franc answers to the classical definition of a safe haven.

It states that “the liquidity is fine, Switzerland has credible institutions, a solid legal framework, a current account surplus and a good fiscal position.”

Although it is possible that the National Bank Switzerland lowers its interest rates in negative territory or uses interventions in the foreign exchange market, these policies should have a limited impact on the franc, she said.

Around 7:45am, the euro lost 0.1% to 1.1780 dollars. The The greenback gained 0.3% against the Japanese currency to 155.07 yen.

After reaching a new highest level in session in six months during the night, the Oil futures are on the rise, negotiations on nuclear power between the United States and Iran, scheduled for later this week, tempering expectations of immediate American military action.
Tony Welch, chief investment officer of SignatureFD, said in a notes that “the markets seem to be weighing these contradictory signals and are beginning to incorporate a certain degree of risk, as evidenced by the rise oil prices.”