At the start of a week that will be marked by several monetary policy meetings, in particular that of the Bank European Central European stock exchanges are expected to open higher on Thursday Monday and try to regain lost ground on Friday.

The completion of this transaction is expected at first half of 2026, subject to the usual regulatory approvals.

Abivax to release third quarter results Monday after the close of the Paris Stock Exchange.

Orange announced on Friday that it had reached an agreement engaging with the financial consortium Lorca in order to increase to 100% of their MASOrange joint venture. “Through this agreement, Orange will acquire 50% of capital held by its co-shareholder for a price of 4.25 billion euros in cash,” the group said in a statement.

At around 7:40am, the CAC 40 futures contract gained 0.3%, according to data from IG broker.

Before the publication of indicators in the eurozone and In the United States, European index futures are increasing Monday morning, while the market remains attentive to the geopolitical situation. According to Data from broker IG, the DAX 40 futures contract in Frankfurt rose by 0.4%, just like the one on the FTSE 100 in London, around 7:40am.

Investors will be watching the lawsuit on Monday discussions in Berlin to reach a ceasefire in Ukraine. The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the capital on Sunday German to meet American emissaries Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, as well as several European leaders. The talks are about in particular on the establishment of a demilitarized zone on both sides of the front line.

The New York Stock Exchange pulled away on Friday from records set the day before, caught up by valuation fears excessive in the technology sector.

The Dow Jones Index fell 0.5% to 48,458.05 points, and the S&P 500 fell by 1.1% to 6,827.41 points. The Nasdaq Composite, rich in technological stocks, dropped 1.7% to 23,195.17 points.
On Thursday, investors had propelled the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones to new all-time highs despite pressure on stocks technological thanks to the disappointing results of Oracle, whose stock lost 4.5% Friday after a plunge of 11% the day before.
The tech sector remained under pressure on Friday after the publication from the processor manufacturer Broadcom (-11.4%). The group confirmed that artificial intelligence was a booming market by publishing a record sales for the quarter ended in November, but the profitability of this growth raises questions. The managing director Hock Tan indicated during a conference call that the gross margin for The products dedicated to AI was currently weaker than that of others activities.

In Asia, the Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 1.3% on Monday at the end of trading. The Shanghai Composite Index fell by 0.4%, while the Hang Seng on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange dropped 1.2%.

According to a report by the Bank of Japan published a few days before its next monetary policy meeting, the Japanese companies seem ready to raise wages again next year, even though many of them are preparing for the customs duties weigh on their profits. These findings, which add to a separate Bank of Japan investigation published on Monday and reporting a improving business confidence, should raise expectations according to which the central bank will raise its key interest rate by 0.5% to 0.75% Friday.

China Vanke, one of the biggest promoters Chinese real estate, failed to gain the support of its owners of bonds for a one-year deferral of a bond payment due on Monday. The The stock lost 4.9% at the end of the session.

China also published several indicators lower than expected that highlight a new its economy slowed down last month. Retail sales have grew by 1.3% over one year, after an increase of 2.9% in October. Of the eleven In the first months of the year, investment in fixed capital fell by 2.6% by compared to the same period of the previous year, i.e. a sharper decrease than that of 1.7% recorded over the first ten months of 2025.

The two-year stock exchange rate dropped 1.5 percentage points base, at 3.52%. Around 7:40 a.m., the US Treasury bond rate at Ten years lost 0.8 basis points, to 4.18%.

The greenback lost 0.6% against the currency Japanese, at 155.03 yen. Around 7:40am, the euro was almost stable, at 1.1733 dollar.

This morning, oil prices recorded a rise. The January contract for soft light crude (WTI) listed on Nymex rose by 29 cents, or 0.5%, to 57.73 dollars per barrel. Around 7:40, the contract In February on the North Sea Brent listed in London, earned 31 cents, or 0.5%, to $61.43 per barrel.

Operators monitor deployment by United States aircraft carriers and other military equipment in the Caribbean, which gives President Donald Trump new options powerful to intensify its pressure campaign on Venezuela, a major oil exporter.
Donald Trump's emissaries spoke for five hours with the Ukrainian president in Berlin on Sunday. Washington welcomed the progress made in the talks as the American administration ramps up the pressure on Kiev to conclude a peace agreement with Russia by the end of 2025.