Before PMI indices, European equity markets should be hesitant. The Eurostoxx 50 opens at 4,174.66 points (+0.31%), the CAC 40 at 7,135.06 points (+0.26%), the DAX 40 at 15,386.58 points (+0.41%), the FTSE 100 at 7,608.08 points (+0.08%), the SMI at 10,963.50 points (+0.42%), the AEX at 728.79 points (+0.39%), the BEL 20 at 3,553.01 points (+0.94%), the IBEX 35 at 9,428.00 points (+0.01%), the DJIA at 33,507.50 points (-0.47%), the Nasdaq at 13,219.32 points (+0.14%), the S&P 500 at 4,288.05 points (-0.27%), the Nikkei 225 at 32.14% 909,20 points (+0.16%

When it comes to exchange rates, the change from the close indicates that in New York, EUR/USD is 1.0573 (0.00%), EUR/JPY is 158.29 (+0.23%), and USD/JPY is 149.75 (+0.25%).

The real estate company Argan, which recently joined the SBF 120 index, reports its third-quarter sales. Investors will follow the final figures for the manufacturing sector PMI in September on Monday. La Française des Jeux (FDJ) announced Friday evening that it had finalized the acquisition of ZeTurf, a group present in online horse racing betting as well as in sports betting under the ZeBet brand. The company said in a statement that “this acquisition allows the FDJ group to become the fourth player in online gambling competing in France (sports betting, horse racing and poker), with a market share of more than 10%”.

At the opening on Monday, European equity markets are expected to change little, after the conclusion of a last-minute agreement in the United States Congress to avoid federal government paralysis, or “shutdown”, and while the investors are waiting for the PMI and ISM manufacturing activity indices in the eurozone and the United States. According to data from the broker IG, the CAC 40 futures contract lost 5.9 points, or 0.1%, at around 7:30am. The DAX 40 contract took 11.5 points, or 0.1%, and the FTSE 100 contract lost 11.5

To avoid a “shutdown” in the United States, Republicans and Democrats managed to put aside their profound differences over the weekend. Congress has only a few weeks left to resolve disputes over aid to Ukraine and the overall size of the federal government. Investors will also pay attention on Monday to the PMI indices of the manufacturing sector in Europe, then, throughout the week, to a series of indicators on the labor market in the United States, including the ADP report on private sector employment on Wednesday, weekly unemployment registrations on Thursday and the employment report in September on Friday.

Chinese manufacturing data released over the weekend reported a slight expansion in activity in September compared to August, and after 51 in August, the manufacturing PMI published by Caixin and S&P Global fell to 50.6 in September. Above 50, the index nevertheless indicates an expansion of activity for the second consecutive month. The official PMI for the manufacturing sector, released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Saturday, stood at 50.2 in September, compared to 49.7 in August, signaling growth in activity after five consecutive months of contraction.

At the end of the session in Tokyo, the Nikkei index gained 0.2% in Asia. The Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges are closed for the Golden Week festivities in China. Wall Street finished lower on Friday evening. The announcement of a reduction in non-energy inflation in August in the United States did not help offset concerns about the economy, the budgetary conflict in Congress, resolved over the weekend, and the car strike. On the other hand, the Nasdaq Composite picked up 0.1%. And the Dow Jones Index (DJIA) lost 0.5% and the expanded S&P 500 index

While rising U.S. Treasury bond yields are increasing the attractiveness of American rate instruments and the demand for the dollar, the euro did not move much against the dollar this morning. The single currency was almost unchanged, at 1.0569 dollars,

This morning, oil futures are rising. According to OCBC, “the growing fear that global interest rates will remain high for an extended period of time will limit buying pressures” on oil, even though trade is expected to remain dominated by supply concerns until the end of the year. Around 7:20 a.m., the November contract for sweet light crude (WTI) listed on Nymex took 18 cents, at $90.97 per barrel, and the December contract for North Sea Brent gained 14