European stock markets may hesitate after the Fed's minutes and Nvidia's record results. The Eurostoxx 50 opens at 4,331.90 points (-0.24%), the CAC 40 at 7,229.45 points (-0.24%), the DAX 40 at 15,900.53 points (-0.01%), the FTSE 100 at 7,481.99 points (-0.19%), the SMI at 10,782.23 points (+0.39%), the AEX at 758.56 points (-0,19%), the SMI at 10,782.23 points (+0.39%), the AEX at 758.56 points (-0,56%) .12%), the BEL 20 at 3,515.63 points (-0.54%), the IBEX 35 at 9,827.50 points (-0.12%), the DJIA at 35.088.29 points (-0.18%), the Nasdaq at 14,199.98 points (-0.59%), the S&P 500 at 4,538.19 points (-0.20%) and the Nikkei 225 at 33,451.19 points 83 points (+0.29%)

With respect to exchange rates, the change compared to the close in New York indicates that EUR/USD opens at 1.0907 (-0.05%), EUR/JPY at 162.22 (+0.17%), and USD/JPY at 148.74 (+0.23%).

Elior is publishing its annual results on Wednesday, while Interparfum reveals its outlook for the year 2024. On Tuesday evening, Eurofins Laboratoire de Microbiology de l'Ouest (Elmo), a subsidiary of the Eurofins group, deemed “unfounded” and “absurd” the compensation claimed by the food group Lactalis in the case of infant milk contaminated with salmonella, which affected dozens of babies at the end of 2017. The investigative site L'Inreported on Monday that Lactalis was claiming 1 billion euros from Eurofins as part of a procedure at the Paris Commercial Court against two of its subsidiaries, Elmo and Eurofins NDSC Food France. Lactalis accuses the analysis group of not having detected bacteria in its products

European equity markets are expected to be hesitant on Wednesday morning, after the release of the minutes of the last US Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting and quarterly results well above expectations of American graphics card manufacturer Nvidia, one of the big winners this year of L&# 39; rise of artificial intelligence (AI). Around 7:30am, the CAC 40 futures contract gained 4.8 points, or 0.07%, according to data from the broker IG. The DAX 40 contract gained 5.2 points, or 0.03%, and the FTSE 100 contract advanced by 2.2 points, or 0.03%

In early November, central bankers considered that they would need additional elements “to be confident in the ebb of inflation” towards the Fed's 2% per year target, the minutes of the meeting said. After the release of this report, Wall Street closed slightly lower. The Dow Jones Index (DJIA) fell 0.2%, the broader S&P 500 fell by 0.3%, and the Nasdaq Composite lost 0.7%

Nvidia shares, which had broken new records pending this release, lost 1.7% on Tuesday in trading after the close of the US markets. In the third quarter, the microprocessor manufacturer posted net income of $9.2 billion, or $3.71 per share, compared to $680 million, or 27 cents per share, a year earlier. The adjusted earnings per share of $4.02 surpassed the FactSet consensus, which was

Sales jumped to $18.1 billion over the period, compared to $5.9 billion a year earlier and a consensus of $16.2 billion. This performance dwarfs the group's previous record of $13.5 billion, set in the second quarter of this year. In particular, the branch devoted to products for data centers saw its revenues jump by 279%, to 14.5 billion dollars, driven by the high computing power required by artificial intelligence applications

In the eurozone, the European Central Bank (ECB) is presenting its financial stability report, while in the United States, durable goods orders for October, weekly unemployment benefit claims and the University of Michigan Household Confidence Index are expected. ECB President Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday that the institution still had a long way to go to bring inflation under control and did not rule out raising interest rates further to reach its price stability objective

In Asia, the main markets were trading in scattered order on Wednesday. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei index ended up 0.3%, while the Hang Seng Index fell 0.4% at the end of the session in Hong Kong. At the same time, the Shanghai Composite lost 0.6%

US Treasury bond yields rose Wednesday morning after the release of Fed minutes that showed that US central bankers remained concerned about the risk of a further acceleration in inflation linked to the strength of the US economy. The Fed “seems to be in wait and see mode, ready to wait until new data clarifies the path of inflation,” said Jeffrey J. Roach, chief economist

The euro did little against the dollar on Wednesday, while traders adjusted their positions before Thanksgiving on Thursday in the United States. The main theme in the market is consolidation, Commerzbank says. Foreign exchange markets also reacted little to the minutes of the last meeting of the Fed's monetary policy committee, which reaffirmed the central bank's cautious approach to future interest rate developments, the bank said.

Oil futures were down slightly on Wednesday morning. The recent drop in black gold prices may have paved the way for a further expansion of production declines in Saudi Arabia and Russia, comments Han Tan, head of market analysis at Exinity Group. Around 7:20 a.m., the January North Sea Brent contract dropped 26 cents to $82.19 per barrel. The contract of the same maturity on mild light crude oil (WTI) listed on Nymex sold 24 cents, at 77.53