European equity markets expected to fall, worried about the economy. The Eurostoxx 50 opens at 4,304.47 points (-0.42%), the CAC 40 at 7,203.28 points (-0.79%), the DAX 40 at 15,988.16 points (-0.22%), the FTSE 100 at 7,502.03 points (-0.76%), the SMI at 11,183.42 points (+0.09%), the AEX at 759.17 points (+0.00%), the BEL 20 at 3,547.85 points (-0.32%), the IBEX 35 at 9,364.70 points (-0.76%), the DJIA at 33.946.71 points (-0.01%), the Nasdaq at 13,630.61 points (+0.95%), the S&P 500 at ; 4.381.89 points (+0.37%) and the Nikkei 225 at 32.701.54

On the exchange side, the change compared to the close in New York indicates that the EUR/USD was 1.0935 (-0.18%), the EUR/JPY at 156.43 (-0.23%), the USD/JPY at 143.05 (-0.04%).

Alimentation Couche-Tard announced Thursday evening that TotalEnergies had accepted the Canadian distributor's firm offer to acquire certain European retail assets of the energy producer. The transaction would be concluded on the basis of an enterprise value of 3.1 billion euros. Electronic tag specialist SES-imagotag, which is holding its annual general meeting this Friday, defended itself Thursday evening against attacks by activist funds Gotham City Research and General Industrial Partners (GIP

The certification and quality control group Bureau Veritas, for its part, formalized on Thursday, at the end of its annual general meeting, the appointment of Hinda Gharbi as CEO and Laurent Mignon as its president.

On the macroeconomic side, the provisional PMI indices for the month of June will appear at 9:15am. Economists polled by the Wall Street Journal expect the manufacturing sector index to fall slightly, to 45.5 from 45.7 in May. They expect the services index to fall slightly to 52, from 52.5 in May

European equity markets are expected to fall further early on Friday, following a series of interest rate hikes by central banks. At 7:35am, the CAC 40 futures contract lost 43.7 points, or 0.6%, according to data from the broker IG. The contract on the DAX 40 gave up 120.5 points, or 0.8%, and the one on the FTSE 100 gave up 24.5 points, or 0.3%. European equities lost ground on Thursday after the Bank of England raised interest rates more than expected.

The Bank of England (BOE)'s unexpected 50 basis point hike and increasingly restrictive comments suggest that the monetary policy committee has gone into “total panic” mode and that more rate hikes are coming, Monex Europe indicates.

Markets will be watching the release of June's PMI indices in Europe and the United States on Friday. The New York Stock Exchange finished generally in the green on Thursday, having managed to recover despite concerns for the global economy related to the firmness of central banks in the face of inflation. Very hesitant during the session, the Dow Jones Index (DJIA) ended almost unchanged, at 33,946.71 points. In the red at the start of the session, the S&P 500 extended index finally gained 0.4%, to 4,381.89 points, while the Nasdaq Composite index rose 1%, to 13,630.61 points. In Asia, markets are moving in the red on Friday. The Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell 1.7% at the end of the session and the Hang Seng fell 1.9% in Hong Kong. The Shanghai Stock Exchange is closed due to a public holiday in China

US Treasury yields were little changed on Friday morning, after two-year securities, sensitive to monetary policy, rose on Thursday after interest rate hikes announced by several central banks. Investors considered the interest rate hikes carried out by various central banks, which underline the difficulties faced by central bankers in their fight against persistent inflation. The Bank of England (BOE) raised its key interest rate by 50 basis points, more than expected

The BOE's announcement came after a 50 basis point hike in the key interest rate by the Norwegian central bank, which warned that a further hike may be needed in the short term. The Swiss National Bank has also raised interest rates and indicated that further increases may be required. Around 7:20 a.m., the 10-year U.S. Treasury bond rate fell about 2 basis points, at 3.779%. That of the 2-year stock was almost stable, at 4.793%

The euro lost ground against the dollar and the yen on Friday morning, while the greenback was stable against the Japanese currency. Oil futures fell on Friday, after having already fallen sharply the day before. At 7:15 a.m., the August North Sea Brent contract lost 73 cents, or nearly 1%, at $73.41 per barrel, and the contract of the same maturity on soft light crude (WTI) traded on Nymex sold 71 cents, or 1%, at $68.80