European stock exchanges should start Friday's session declined, as the European Union (EU) concluded a Agreement for a loan of 90 billion euros to Ukraine, but without resolving the issue of frozen Russian assets.

The Banque de France will reveal in the Morning his new macroeconomic projections for France.

The investment company Eurazeo announced on Friday that it had concluded a agreement relating to the sale to a third party investor, without discount, of approximately 260 million euros in assets so far borne by its balance sheet within the Elevate strategy.

The Pharmaceutical laboratory Ipsen announced on Friday the completion of its study regarding his experimental drug fidrisertib for the treatment of progressive ossifying fibrodysplasia (FOP).

Around 7:40am, the CAC 40 futures contract fell by 0.5%, according to IG broker data.

Futures contracts on the markets European equities moved lower on Friday morning, while investors were assimilating a series of central bank decisions in Europe and inflation data in the United States.

Around 7:40 a.m., the DAX 40 futures contract in Frankfurt sold out. 0.3%, while the one on the FTSE 100 in London was down by 0.4%, according to IG broker data.

Les European leaders agreed on Friday to provide Kiev with a financial assistance of 90 billion euros in the form of a loan to help the country to continue the fight against the Russian invasion. On the other hand, they did not find of compromise on the use of frozen Russian assets to finance this loan.

Les US equity markets closed sharply higher on Thursday after the announcement of a surprise slowdown in inflation in November. However, the economists have warned against overinterpreting this report, which has was released after shutdown-related delays caused the cancellation of the publication of the IPC for October.

“Investors are certainly eager to see data. who support the argument that the Fed will continue to cut rates next year,” said Chris Beauchamp of IG. IPC data “fit well into this perspective, but there is a risk that the uncertainty surrounding price trends is running counter to the hopes of further declines next year”, added the market analyst in boss.

The Dow Jones index ended up 0.1% on Thursday at 46.951 points, and The S&P 500 gained 0.8% to 6,774.96 points. The Nasdaq Composite, rich in technology stocks, recovered 1.4%, to 23,006 points after its heavy loss of the day before.

Earlier on Friday, the Bank of Japan raised its target policy rate from 0.5% to 0.75%, its highest level in 30 years, which reflects confidence increasing regulators in the fact that wage growth and inflation is changing in concert.

En Asia, the Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose by 1% on Friday. The Shanghai Composite Index advanced by 0.3% at the end of the session, while the Hang Seng on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange rose by 0.7%.

A cut in the Bank's interest rates from England should lead to lower financing costs and a best fiscal position for the United Kingdom, said Andy Burgess from Insight Investment. Therefore, British government bonds should perform better than their counterparts, Andy Burgess said.

Les Gilts' returns are too high compared to the returns of others major developed countries with similar debt dynamics. “The longer-term consensus is in favor of a gradual reduction in British budget deficit, with a stabilization of the indicators of debt,” he added.

Around 7:40 a.m., the 10-year US Treasury bond rate increased by 2 basis points (0.02 percentage points), to 4.14%. The rate of The two-year stock was stable at 3.48%.

The US dollar rose slightly in a context of doubts about the reliability of the CPI inflation report of November in the United States. “It is questionable to what extent this deceleration reflects genuine disinflation as opposed to factors temporary or technical,” said Christopher Wong of OCBC's Global Markets Research.

“In particular, the unusually large gap between the figure released and expectations drew attention to the difficulties potential data collection caused by the closure of administrations, as well as on a possible distortion due to Black sales Friday,” said the currency strategy expert. Therefore, “The markets were reluctant to extrapolate this figure to deduce a The Fed's significantly more accommodative trajectory, which helped the dollar American to stabilize,” Christopher Wong added.

Around 7:40am, the euro fell by 0.1% to 1.1717 dollars. The greenback rose 0.4% against the Japanese currency, at 156.15 yen.

The American blockade of tankers under sanctions to and from Venezuela, if continued, “will probably result in the cessation of production in the region, for lack of destinations for expeditions,” said Dennis Kissler of BOK Financial.

Les Traders are also focusing on peace efforts between Ukraine and Russia. A peace deal would likely lift most sanctions on oil, but if no agreement is reached, combined with the blockade of Venezuela, “Crude oil prices could very well be a bit undervalued.”

Around 7:40 a.m., the February contract on North Sea Brent listed at London lost 0.2% to $59.73 per barrel. The January contract on the Light sweet crude (WTI) listed on Nymex fell 0.2% to $55.90 per barrel.