European stock exchanges are expected to open in increase on Wednesday, while the United States announced a total blockade of all tankers under sanctions entering and leaving Venezuela.

The National Institute of Statistics and Studies economic (Insee) will publish its latest economic report for France this Wednesday.
Pluxee, the former Sodexo subsidiary specializing in meal vouchers and gifts, is holding its general meeting this Wednesday.

The pharmaceutical group Sanofi announced on Wednesday that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) had granted the designation of orphan medication efdoralprine alfa for emphysema associated with Alpha-1-antitrypsin (DAAT), a rare respiratory condition with significant unmet medical need.

Vinci announced on Tuesday an increase in traffic in November at its airports, but a drop on highways operated by the construction and concessions group.

The Pernod Ricard wine and spirits group has announced on Tuesday evening the sale of its sparkling wines Mumm Sparkling California, Mumm Napa and DVX, produced in the United States.
Around 7:40 a.m., the CAC 40 futures contract was up 0.2%, according to data from IG broker.

Futures contracts on the stock markets Europeans are progressing slightly. Oil and gold prices have increased after US President Donald Trump ordered a “total blockade” and “complete” of all tankers under sanctions entering and leaving the Venezuela.

According to data from the broker IG, the futures contract on the DAX 40 in Frankfurt gained 0.2%, as did the one on the FTSE 100 at London, around 7:40am.

Donald Trump said Wednesday on Truth Social, that “Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada never assembled in the history of South America.” He has threatened that the American military presence “would only increase, and the shock for them will be “unprecedented” unless the Maduro regime Return “the oil, land and other assets they have to us previously stolen”, an apparent reference to nationalization by the Venezuela has assets linked to the United States in the country.

The New York Stock Exchange closed for the most part in fell on Tuesday, as unemployment rose to its highest level since More than four years across the Atlantic fuelled fears about the health of the American economy. The Dow Jones index fell 0.6% to 48,114.26 points, and The S&P 500 lost 0.2% to 6,800.24 points. The Nasdaq Composite, rich in technology stocks, has stabilized after being under pressure since the last week and gained 0.2% to 23,111.46 points.

On the side of American companies, the manufacturer of Micron memory chips will reveal its results for the first quarter of its Fiscal year postponed to Wednesday after the close.
In Asia, the Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange gained 0.3% on Wednesday. The clue Shanghai Composite advanced by 1.2% at the end of the session, while the Hang Seng of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange gained 0.7%.

The Federal Reserve probably won't be in measure to lower interest rates next year because the bill Republican tax passed last summer is likely to exert pressure On the rise on inflation, according to Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic. The latter indicated that he believed that the economy was no longer in danger of a sharp rise in the unemployment rate that could trigger a recession, in an interview with journalists and in an essay published on the website of its regional bank. Economic growth should be more Strong next year than this year due to a rebound after the Record “shutdown” of the government as well as of certain policies stimulus in the tax bill, he said.
The two-year bond yield rose 1 basis point to 3.51%. Around 7:40, the The yield on the 10-year US Treasury bond rose by 3 points from base (0.03 percentage point), at 4.17%.

The dollar strengthened as investors Digested the latest employment data indicating a weak market American work. According to the information, these statistics are part of the my most important data to have been disrupted by the “shutdown” from the government, covering a November employment report, as well as a The figure was more fragmented on the labour market in October. According to David Waddell, chief investment strategy expert at the company of financial planning Waddell & Associates, “overall, it was a lukewarm data set that informed the lukewarm exchanges of the day.”

Around 7:40 a.m., the euro fell by 0.2% to $1.172. The greenback was up 0.4% against the Japanese currency, at 155.35 yen.

After Donald Trump's announcement regarding all tankers under sanctions entering and leaving Venezuela, in an escalation major part of his pressure campaign against the country's leader, Nicolás Maduro, oil prices have gone up.

The United States could bypass prohibitions on economic blockades under international law, by targeting vessels sanctioned, except in response to an armed attack. According to Ryan Goodman, a law professor at New York University, in a message on Social networks, “it's the crux of international law that a blockade military is not only a violation of the United Nations Charter, but a crime of aggression”, unless this blockade is in response to an armed attack.

Around 7:40, the contract of February on North Sea Brent traded in London rose 1.4% to 59.75 dollars per barrel. The January soft light crude (WTI) contract listed at Nymex gained 1.5% to $56.07 per barrel