After the strong rebound in American indexes On Friday, European stock markets should open sharply higher on Monday, while investors await the publication in the week of Report on non-agricultural employment in the United States for January.

The electronics group Thales will recruit more than 9,000 people in 2026 worldwide, including 3,300 in France, Franceinfo revealed on Monday. Plus of the half of these recruitments will be in the defense sector.

The Franco-Italian semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics announced on Monday that it will continue its strategic collaboration expanded with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in a multi-year agreement “of several billion dollars.” As part of this collaboration, the Franco-Italian group will issue derivatives (warrants) allowing AWS to acquire up to 24.8 million shares of STMicro common stock.

The geopolitical context leads “to support the ramping up our activity”, explained Matthieu Motillon, the recruitment director for Thales in France, quoted by Franceinfo.

Around 7:40 a.m., the CAC 40 futures contract grew by 0.4%, according to IG broker data.

This morning, index futures Europeans are progressing, while the Tokyo Stock Exchange welcomes the victory of Japanese Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, in the parliamentary elections of Sunday.

According to data from the IG broker, around 7:40, the The DAX 40 futures contract in Frankfurt rose by 0.4%, while the FTSE 100 in London gained 0.5%.

The New York Stock Exchange rebounded on Friday and the index Dow Jones has crossed the 50,000 point threshold for the first time, while the three previous sessions had been marked by strong tremors in the technological compartment.

The Dow Jones won 1,207 points, or 2.5%, for finish at 50,115.67 points, and the S&P 500 rose 2% to 6,932.30 dots. The Nasdaq Composite, rich in technological stocks, rose by 2.2%, at 23,031.21 points.

Despite this recovery, Amazon shares fell by 5.6% after the announcement of a strong acceleration of the group's investments this year, at 200 billion dollars.
For the whole week, the Dow Jones rose by 2.5% thanks to its Friday's rebound. On the other hand, the S&P 500 lost 0.1% and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.8%.
Investors await the publication, scheduled for Wednesday, of the report on January employment, which was postponed due to the brief closure of federal administrations (“shutdown”). Among other indicators Economic highlights expected this week in the United States, include sales retail prices for December and the consumer price index for January.
In Asia, the Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose 3.9% to 56,363.94 Points, Monday at the end of the session, after the Party's large victory Liberal Democrat under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the elections early legislative elections. The Nikkei previously hit a record high on Monday. Historical trading at 57.337.07 points, while the market expects the bet implemented extensive fiscal stimulus measures by the government of Sanae Takaichi.
The Shanghai Composite Index gained 1.3% at the end of the session, while the Hang Seng on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange was up 2%.

Around 7:40 a.m., the two-year stock rate increased by 2 basis points, to 3.52%. The US Treasury bond rate at ten years rose by 2.3 basis points to 4.24%.
According to David Chao of Invesco, Japanese government bond yields at The long term could be tense after the landslide victory of Sanae Takaichi in the elections. According to the market strategy expert for Asia-Pacific, “more proactive fiscal spending aimed at Boosting the economy could increase both fiscal risk and inflationary risk.” On Monday, the 10-year yield of the JGB increased by 5.4 basis points, to 2.29%.

The greenback lost 0.5% against the currency Japanese, at 156.39 yen. Around 7:40 a.m., the euro gained 0.4% to 1.1858 dollars.

In the context of possible adjustments of positions, oil prices are falling this morning. Although Tehran has maintained its refusal to stop enriching nuclear fuel, Iran and the United States has shown its willingness to continue working for a diplomatic solution that could avoid an American military strike, during of the talks last Friday.

However, Iran is also threatening to fire missiles on a variety of targets in the Middle East if Donald Trump orders a attack.

According to Barbara Lambrecht, commodity analyst at Commerzbank Research, “should the situation worsen again, The price of a barrel of Brent could rise to 70 dollars.”

The March contract on soft light crude (WTI) listed at Nymex lost 59 cents, or 0.9%, to 62.96 dollars per barrel. Around 7:40, the April North Sea Brent contract listed in London sold 70 cents, or 1%, to 67.36 dollars per barrel.