European stock markets should try to rebound at the opening of the last Tuesday in August. Thus, the Eurostoxx 50 opens at 3,570.51 points (-0.92%), the CAC 40 at 6,222.28 points (-0.83%), the DAX 40 at 12,892.99 points (-0.61%), the FTSE 100 at 7,427.31 points (-0.70%), the SMI at 10,896.74 points (-0.42%), the AEX at 698.33 points (-0.70%), the SMI at 10,896.74 points (-0.42%) (-0.96%), the BEL 20 at 3,641.91 points (-0.59%), the IBEX 35 opens at 7,989.60 points (-0.92%), the DJIA at 32,098.99 points (-0.57%), the Nasdaq at 12,017.67 points (-1.02%), the S&P 500 at 4,030.61 points (-0.67%) and the Nikkei 225 at 28 .203.66 points (+1.16%).
On the exchange side, the change compared to the close in New York indicates that EUR/USD was 1,0003 (+0.06%), EUR/JPY at 138.49 (-0.13%) and USD/JPY at 138.49 (-0.17%).
Investors will remain attentive to the news concerning the energy markets and stocks on Tuesday while waiting for the publication, starting on Wednesday, of new company results and economic indicators in France.
European equity markets are expected to rise at the opening of Tuesday, but their rebound may be short-lived as investor sentiment remains affected by the US Federal Reserve's (Fed) restrictive monetary policy. Around 7:30am, the CAC 40 futures contract gained 29 points, or 0.5%, according to data from the IG Markets broker. The DAX contract advanced 70 points, or 0.5%, and the FTSE 100 contract rose 24 points, or 0.3%.
On Monday, Wall Street finished lower, continuing the pullback that began Friday as investors remain concerned about the restrictive remarks made last week by Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell. The Dow Jones index lost 0.6% and the S&P 500 lost 0.7%. Nasdaq, rich in technology stocks, lost 1%. Despite this new fall in American indices, there were some glimmers of hope on the markets, with the Dow Jones and the S&P 500 briefly going green several times at the end of the session. Purchasing movements were also noted in the energy, utilities and basic consumer goods sectors.
Investors will be paying attention on Tuesday to the August inflation figures in Germany, as well as to the Conference Board's consumer confidence index in the United States. The Chairman of the Federal Reserve of New York, John Williams, will answer questions from the Wall Street Journal live starting at 5 p.m.
In Asia, the main markets presented a mixed picture on Tuesday. After dropping 2.7% on Monday, the Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange increased 1.2% at the end of the session. In contrast, the Hang Seng lost 0.9% to Hong Kong and the Shanghai Composite Index fell by 0.7%.

U.S. Treasury bond yields continued to gain ground on Monday in the wake of restrictive remarks made by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell in Jackson Hole on Friday. The two-year loan rate has thus reached its highest levels since 2007. Investors are now waiting for the publication, scheduled for Friday, of the report on non-agricultural employment in August in the United States. This report should show 318,000 jobs created in August, after 528,000 in July, according to a consensus established by the Wall Street Journal.

The euro recovered against the dollar on Tuesday morning, reaching parity thanks to a slight increase in risk appetite. At 7:25am, the single currency was trading at 1,000 dollars. Tina Teng, a market analyst at CMC Markets, points out that U.S. equity markets ended far from their low points of the session on Monday, suggesting a slight resumption of risk appetite. She adds that the dollar, which has appreciated sharply in recent days against the other major currencies in response to the restrictive remarks of the Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, is also pausing.

Crude oil futures fell on Tuesday morning, after registering their highest closing level in a month on Monday due to a possible reduction in production by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies. Around 7:15 a.m., the October North Sea Brent contract fell by 72 cents to $104.33 per barrel, while the crude oil contract of the same maturity fell by 72 cents to $104.33 per barrel. lightweight soft (WTI) cot& Eacute; in New York sold 34 cents, at 96.67 dollars a barrel.