The stock markets Europeans are expected to make progress on Thursday, driven by the remoteness of Risk of American military intervention in Iran, thanks to signals of appeasement emanating from Tehran. Investors will also have their eyes on on a wave of earnings publications, in particular those of the luxury group Richemont and American financial giants Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and BlackRock.

The luxury sector is expected to react on Thursday to point of activity of the Swiss Richemont group, owner of Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, or even Chloe. During the quarter ending at the end of December, the Group sales grew by 11% at constant exchange rates, to 6.4 billion of euros. This figure is slightly higher than analysts' expectations.

In the rest of business news, the pharmaceutical group Sanofi announced on Thursday that the health authority in China had approved two licensed medication, Myqorzo for the treatment of cardiomyopathy hypertrophic (CMH) obstructive and Redemplo for the syndrome of familial chylomicronemia (SCF).

The Audiovisual group M6 announced Wednesday evening that all Amazon members Prime in France can now access M6+ for free, directly or at the request, as well as content exclusive to the platform.

The manufacturer of membranes for the transport of natural gas GTT announced on Wednesday evening having won an order during the fourth quarter of 2025 for Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard for the design of tanks for two new LNG carriers.

Around 7:45am, the CAC 40 futures contract gained 0.4%, according to IG broker data.

Les European index futures appreciated on Thursday morning, supported by the reduction of geopolitical tensions.

Around 7:45 a.m., the DAX 40 futures contract in Frankfurt was up 0.1% while the one on the FTSE 100 in London rose by 0.5%, according to IG broker data.

The US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Iran had stopped kill anti-regime demonstrators and would not execute those accused for trying to overthrow the government, which seems to reduce the Probability that the United States is about to launch strikes soldiers against the country.

The Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, for his part declared to Fox News that Iran had “no plans” to execute people in retaliation for anti-government protests. According to NGOs, Thousands of Iranians have been killed since the protests began on the 28th December.

La The New York Stock Exchange closed in the red on Wednesday, hampered by a fall in banking and technological stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1% to 49,149.63 points, and the S&P 500 fell by 0.6% to 6,926.60 points. The Nasdaq Composite, rich in technological stocks, fell 1.1% to 23,471.75 dots.

Les Operators saw a stronger increase on Wednesday than Expected retail sales in the United States in November (+0.6% over one month). The latest report on producer prices, one of the leading indicators of inflation, however, reflects the persistence of inflationary pressures in the American economy. At the end of November, the producer price index grew by 3% over 12 months, said the US Department of Work.

En Asia, the Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 0.5% on Wednesday at the end of trading. The Stock Exchange of Shanghai also lost 0.5% while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong erased 0.6%.

At around 7:45am, the 10-year US Treasury bond rate was rising 1 basis point (0.01 percentage point), at 4.15%. The bond rate for two Years also rose by 1 basis point, to 3.53%.

The Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said Wednesday that the Federal Reserve (Fed) would make its next decisions based on the evolution of employment and inflation risks. “We have a labour market that is showing some signs of weakness. Inflation is still too high, but it is evolving, at least, in the right direction.” he estimated.

Employment has remained generally stable in the United States in recent years weeks, with eight of the twelve Fed districts reporting no changes in terms of hiring, according to data from the Central Bank's Beige Book published on Wednesday. When businesses hired, it was mainly to fill vacancies rather than to create new posts, indicates this report.

Around 7:45am, the euro lost 0.1% against greenback, at 1.1631 dollars.

PETROLE Les Oil futures are losing ground as the outlook of an American military operation against Iran seems to be receding after the statements by Donald Trump.

Around 7:45 a.m., the March contract on North Sea Brent listed at London fell by 1.93 dollars, or 2.9%, to 64.58 dollars per barrel. The contract In February, on soft light crude (WTI) listed on Nymex, dropped 1.81 dollars, or 2.9%, to 60.07 dollars per barrel.