After the recovery of Wall Street, European equity markets are expected to rise. The Eurostoxx 50 opens at 3,667.46 points (+0.41%), the CAC 40 at 6,386.76 points (+0.39%), the DAX 40 at 13,220.06 points (+0.20%), the FTSE 100 at 7,471.51 points (-0.22%), the SMI at 11,012.87 points (+0.73%), the AEX at 713.81 points (+0.22%), the SMI at 11,012.87 points (+0.73%), the AEX at 713.81 points (+0.22%), the SMI at 11,012.87 points (+0.73%) 0.41%), the BEL 20 at 3,732.37 points (+0.78%), the IBEX 35 at 8,199.40 points (-0.33%), the DJIA at 32,969.23 points (+0.18%), the Nasdaq at 12,431.53 points (+0.41%), the S&P 500 at 4,140.77 points (+0.29%) and the Nikkei 225 at 28,532 1.8 points (+0.77%).
Regarding exchange rates, the variation compared to the close mentions that in New York EUR/USD is at 1,0005 (+0.36%), EUR/JPY at 136.64 (-0.03%) and USD/JPY at 136.64 (-0.36%)

On Thursday 24, shopping center operator Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield announced the sale of the Westfield Santa Anita Center in California, of which it owned 49%, for a total of 537.5 million dollars.
At 8:45am the business climate index for the month of August appeared on the macroeconomic side.

Opening on Thursday 24, European equity markets are heading higher. On Wednesday, Wall Street regained some ground after three consecutive sessions of declines.
According to data from the IG Markets broker, the CAC 40 futures contract gained 11.5 points, or 0.2% around 7:40am. The FTSE 100 contract advanced 19.2 points, or 0.3%, as did the DAX contract, which rose 35 points, or 0.3%.
For the second quarter, investors will review the second estimate of Germany's gross domestic product, the minutes of the European Central Bank's last monetary policy meeting and the IFO business climate index in the country for the month of August on Thursday.
On Wednesday 24, the New York Stock Exchange remained close to its lows of the past two weeks while regaining some ground. However, uncertainty about the Federal Reserve's (Fed) monetary policy trajectory is curbing risk appetite.
Wall Street has managed to stabilize despite the recent signs of a slowdown in the American economy and the announcement of a stagnation in durable goods orders in July in the United States after a poor start to the week. However, this indicator increased by 1.2% over one month, excluding military spending.
Ahead of Jerome Powell's speech at the Jackson Hole symposium on Friday, stock and bond markets are trading off and on.
Brian Price, the director of investment management at Commonwealth Financial Network points out that: “The market is standing still, swaying around balance waiting for Powell's speech.”
Giorgio Caputo, portfolio manager at J O Hambro Capital Management believes that “there are always the same problems to solve: labour shortages, energy and other commodity shortages, and the difficulties inherent in a cycle of monetary tightening.”
In Asia on Thursday, stock markets moved in a mixed order. At the end of the session, the Hang Seng Index on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange was down 1.2%, the Shanghai Composite was up 0.4% and the Nikkei Index was up 0.8% in Tokyo.

On the morning of Thursday 25, US Treasury bond yields changed little. The 2-year bond rate was almost unchanged at 3.392%. For its part, the 10-year US Treasury bond was almost stable, at 3.105% around 7:20 a.m.
Yields on 2-, 10-, and 30-year Treasury securities hit their highest levels in two months last night. Thus, investors have integrated the comments of the Chairman of the Minneapolis Fed, Neel Kashkari, in favor of a restrictive monetary policy.
Steve Englander of Standard Chartered Bank believes that despite Neel Kashkari's latest restrictive remarks, medium-term inflation expectations have risen sharply, showing that the market has become “pessimistic” about the central bank's ability to reach its inflation target.
Nick Tell, managing director of Armory Group believes that “[Jerome] Powell will be walking a tightrope on Friday.” For him, “he will not give precise indications about the rate hike in September and will continue to say that the Fed's measures will depend on the indicators. As a result, I expect continued volatility in the bond and equity markets as investors will need to look to other sources to determine the Fed's direction.”

On the morning of Thursday 25, the euro rose slightly above parity against the dollar. The greenback is falling against the Japanese currency, but the single currency is stable against the yen.
According to Yeap Jun Rong, a strategist at IG, the markets expect a restrictive speech from Jerome Powell in Jackson Hole. For him, some traders could unwind their bullish bets on the dollar if Jerome Powell's speech holds no surprises or if the central banker hints at future rate cuts.

Buoyed by the prospect of a failure in talks between Tehran and Washington on Iran's nuclear program, crude oil futures were on positive ground on Thursday.
The head of commodity strategy at TD Securities, Bart Melek, explains that the recently negotiated deal was rejected by the United States. This agreement would allow the return to global markets of around 1 million barrels per day of Iranian crude within a year, according to some reports.
According to him, this announcement is in addition to the disclosure of comments made by OPEC+ officials according to which the countries of the group are ready to reduce production.
The October contract on Brent increased by 61 cents to $101.83 per barrel while the same maturity contract on the New York-listed WTI gained 46 cents to $95.35 per barrel around 7:30am.