Conscious economic indicators in China are expected to weigh on European equity markets. The Eurostoxx 50 opened at 4,191.67 points up 0.05%, the CAC 40 at 6,652.97 points (-0.36%), the DAX 30 at 15,722.99 points (+0.14%), the FTSE 100 at 7,034.06 points (-0.49%), the SMI at 12,097.28 points (+0.19%), the AEX  at 797.71 points (+0.79%), the BEL 20 at 4,172.77 points (-0.41%), the IBEX 35 at 8,780.00 points (-0.41%), the DJIA             34,577.57 points (-0.84%), the Nasdaq at 15,037.75 points (-0.45%), the S&P 500 at 4,443.05 points (-0.57%) and the Nikkei 225 at 30,539.94 points down 0.42%.

As far from the close in New York indicates that EUR/USD opens at 1.1807   (+0.03%), EUR/JPY at 129.41 (-0.05%) and USD/JPY at 109.61 down 0.08%.

Investors will follow the final August inflation figures on Wednesday. The first estimate by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), published on August 31, reported a 1.9% rise in consumer prices last month. On the corporate side, Virbac publishes its results for the first half of the year, Vinci presents the traffic of its Vinci Autoroutes and Vinci Airport divisions, and Danone's new CEO, Antoine de Saint-Affrique, takes up his duties within the agri-food group. Vivendi also announced on Tuesday evening that its management board had decided to pay an interim dividend in kind "paid with regard to the interim balance sheet as at June 30, 2021". This interim payment will be associated with the exceptional dividend in kind of €5.3 billion already voted by shareholders. The addition of these two dividends will make it possible to distribute in kind up to 60% of the capital of Universal Music Group (UMG) to Vivendi shareholders on September 21, 2021, the group said in a statement.

European equity markets are expected to move little on Wednesday at the opening, as investors are concerned about the release in China of economic indicators that have reinforced fears for global growth. Around 7:30 am, the futures contract on the CAC 40 gained 4 points, or 0.1%, according to data from the broker IG Markets. The CONTRACT on the DAX lost 6 points, or 0.04%, and the FTSE 100 contract fell by 0.5 points, or 0.01%. In Asia, major indexes fell on Wednesday after the release of data indicating a weakening of economic activity in China in August. At the end of the session, the Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 0.4%. The Shanghai Composite Index was down 0.01% and in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng was down 1.4%. China's industrial production rose 5.3 percent in August, following a 6.4 percent rise in July. Economists polled by the Wall Street Journal expected an increase of 5.6%. Retail sales, a mirror of household consumption, rose 2.5% in August, compared with 8.5% in July and 6.3% expected by economists. Investors are now waiting for industrial production figures in the euro zone and the United States, scheduled for 11:00 and 15:15 respectively. Wall Street ended lower on Tuesday, after the announcement of an unexpected slowdown in inflation in the United States in August. The Dow Jones Index (DJIA) fell 0.8% to 34,577 points. The broader S&P 500 index gave up 0.5% to 15,037.76 points. The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index ended down 0.5% at 15,037.76 points.

The yield on the ten-year U.S. Treasury bond, the market's benchmark bond, continues its decline on Wednesday morning. At 7:35 a.m., this rate stood at 1.285%, against 1.291% on Tuesday night. Yields began to decline on Tuesday after the announcement of a slight slowdown in inflation in August in the United States.

The euro is stable against the dollar on Wednesday morning, while the Japanese yen strengthens in a climate of concerns for global growth, caused by disappointing economic indicators published in China. According to IG, the recent resurgence of Covid-19 cases in China's Fujian province also appears to increase the risks to the country's recovery.

Oil prices rise on Wednesday, as concerns about Tropical Storm Nicholas and its impact on crude and natural gas production in the Gulf of Mexico subside. On Tuesday night, the American Petroleum Institute (API) reported a 5.4 million barrel drop in U.S. crude inventories last week, a 2.8 million barrel decline in gasoline inventories and a 2.9 million barrel drop in distillate inventories. The Energy Department is expected to announce a 2.5 million barrel drop in U.S. crude oil inventories last week, according to a Wall Street Journal survey of analysts and brokers. At 7:25 a.m., the November Contract for North Sea Brent was gaining 48 cents to $74.08 a barrel. The October contract for light sweet crude (WTI) listed on the Nymex was up 45 cents, at $70.91 a barrel.