European equity markets are expected to open lower on Thursday, amid fears about American fiscal policy and rising sovereign rates.

Several companies are organizing their general meetings this Thursday: Arkema, Dassault Systèmes, Elis, FDJ United, FDJ United, Nexity, FDJ United, Nexity, Safran, Safran, Valeo and Vallourec.

INSEE is due to publish the latest data on the business climate in May this Thursday morning. The flash PMI index, still for the month of May, must also be disclosed by the S&P Global agency and the Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB).
Robertet, the specialist in the supply and transformation of vegetable raw materials into natural extracts, is organizing an investor day this Thursday in Grasse. On this occasion, he presented his strategic plan “Seed to Success 2030".
The pharmaceutical company Sanofi announced on Thursday that it had reached an agreement to acquire Vigil Neuroscience, an American biotechnology company listed on Nasdaq and specialized in the development of innovative drugs for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, whose activities are currently in the

After the massive sell-off on Wednesday on Wall Street, and as investors analyze the latest information on tariffs and geopolitics, European futures were hinting at a lower opening.

According to data from broker IG, the DAX 40 futures contract in Frankfurt lost 0.7%, while the FTSE 100 in London fell by 0.5%.

As for European companies, easyJet is due to publish its half-year results at the end of March on Thursday.

Agreements reached by the United States with key trading partners could help reduce increased uncertainty in business and financial markets, but represented a “suboptimal” solution, according to the European Commissioner for Economy and Productivity, Valdis Dombrovskis

According to reports, US President Donald Trump said in a phone call on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not ready to end the war in Ukraine because he thinks he is winning.

After a disappointing 20-year Treasury bond auction sent yields to new highs, major US indexes recorded their worst session since April 21 on Wednesday. Many investors are increasingly concerned about the issuance of Treasury bonds, as Donald Trump tries to pass a law that could further increase the budget deficit.

The New York Stock Exchange ended sharply lower on Wednesday. The Dow Jones index ended down 1.9% to 41,860,44 points. The S&P 500 lost 1.6% to 5,844.61 points and the Nasdaq, rich in technology stocks, lost 1.4% to 18,872.64 points.

In Asia, the Nikkei 225 index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 0.8% on Thursday at the end of trading. The Shanghai Composite Index fell by 0.1%, while the Hang Seng of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange fell by 0.9%.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury bond yield lost 1 basis point (0.01 percentage point) to 4.60%. Meanwhile, the two-year bond yield dropped 1 basis point, to 4.02%, around 7:45am.

The greenback lost 0.2% against the Japanese currency, to 143.38 yen. At around 7:45am, the euro was stable at 1.1330 dollars.

The June contract for soft light crude (WTI) listed on Nymex was 12 cents (+0.2%), at $61.68 per barrel. At around 7:45am, the July contract for North Sea Brent listed in London picked up 6 cents, or 0.1%, at 66.97