In Europe, stock markets are expected to start the week in a green light. The Eurostoxx 50 opens at 4,317.88 points (+0.19%), the CAC 40 at 7,414.85 points (+0.45%), the DAX 40 at 15,913.82 points (+0.50%), the FTSE 100 at 7,754.62 points (+0.31%), the SMI at 11,564.73 points (+0.36%), the AEX at 752.99 points (+0.25%)), the BEL 20 at 3,741.07 points (+0.03%), the IBEX 35 at 9,234.10 points (+0.56%), the DJIA at 33,300.62 points (-0.03%), the Nasdaq at 12,284.74 points (-0.35%), the S&P 500 at 4,124.08 points (-0.16%), the Nikkei 225 is at 29.568.57 points (+0.61%)

As for exchange rates, the change from the close mentions that in New York, EUR/USD is at 1.0861 (+0.07%), EUR/JPY at 147.84 (+0.36%) and USD/JPY at 136.13 (+0.28%).

This Monday, Macron is bringing together more than 200 foreign business leaders in Versailles for the sixth “Choose France” summit. For the manufacture of solar panels and the recycling of electric vehicle batteries, investments worth a total of 13 billion euros have already been announced in this context. Axa publishes its first-quarter sales figures and Ipsos brings its shareholders together at a general meeting for companies in France

At the opening, European equity markets could continue to rise on Monday. The CAC 40 futures contract gained 25 points, or 0.3% at 7:35 a.m. The FTSE 100 contract gained 16 points, or 0.2% according to data from the IG broker, and the DAX 40 contract increased by 36 points,

After announcing a strong fall in American household confidence in April, Wall Street ended lower on Friday after a week of concerns about the U.S. debt ceiling and the health of regional banks. Over the week as a whole, the Dow Jones index lost 1.1%, the S&P 500 lost 0.3% and the Nasdaq gained 0.4%. The broad S&P 500 index fell 0.2% and the Nasdaq Composite, rich in technology stocks, lost 0.4%, the Dow Jones Index (DJIA) closed 0.03% lower. Equity indices have stalled recently, making little progress since the end of March, after a successful start to the year thanks to a rebound in technology stocks, including Apple and Microsoft. The fear that the turmoil in the banking sector could lead to a recession has undermined the mood of many investors

According to David Lefkowitz, head of equities for the Americas region at UBS Global Wealth Management, “the risk/reward ratio simply doesn't seem appealing to us given all the current concerns - the lagged effects of rate hikes in Federal Reserve (Fed), the undetermined tensions linked to the problems of regional banks, the message sent by the reversal of the yield curve

Although President Joe Biden said he was optimistic about this over the weekend, the impasse in Congress over raising the US debt ceiling is also weighing on the markets. The Biden administration had previously warned that the United States risked a recession without an agreement in Congress on this ceiling, which would avoid a default. José Torres, senior economist at Interactive Brokers, said on Friday that the impasse over the debt ceiling is exactly what investors don't need right now.”

Investors will be watching the Eurogroup meeting in the eurozone on Monday and the industrial production figures in March. The main stock exchanges showed mixed performances on Monday. At the end of the session, the Nikkei index gained 0.7% on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, like the Hang Seng

As traders evaluate various signals, the dollar fell slightly on Monday, especially against the euro. Alvin Tan, head of foreign exchange strategy for Asia at RBC Capital Markets, said Fed officials continue to send a relatively restrictive message that the fight against inflation is not over yet. The euro gained 0.1% to $1.0866 at 7:35 a.m

Oil futures are down this morning. According to ANZ, prices could be affected by concerns about the sustainability of demand growth. Purchases of crude oil from Kazakhstan (CPC Blend) have fallen, despite it being a mainstay for Chinese and South Korean buyers. According to ANZ, supply-side risks continue to increase as Canada's main oil-producing region, northwestern Alberta, faces increased risks of forest fires

The June contract for light sweet crude (WTI) listed on Nymex sold 43 cents at $69.61 per barrel, and the July North Sea Brent contract lost 50 cents to $73.67 per barrel at 7:25am.