A Before the publication of the PMI indices, European stock markets should hesitate. The Eurostoxx 50 opens at 4,352.02 points (+0.46%), the CAC 40 at 7,260.73 points (+0.43%), the DAX 40 at 15,957.82 points (+0.36%), the FTSE 100 at 7,469.51 points (-0.17%), the SMI at 10,832.39 points (+0.47%), the AEX at 760.04 points (+0.47%) 20%), the BEL 20 at 3,546.03 points (+0.86%), the IBEX 35 is at 9,887.40 points (+0.61%), the DJIA is at 35,273.03 points (+0.53%), the Nasdaq at 14,265.86 points (+0.46%), the S&P 500 at 4,556.62 points (+0.41%), and the Nikkei 225 is 225 33.451.83 points (+0.29%)

With regard to exchange rates, the change compared to the close indicates that in New York, the EUR/USD opened at 1.0910 (+0.17%), the EUR/JPY at 162.62 (-0.14%), and the USD/JPY at 149.07 (-0.32%).

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Investors in France will pay attention on Thursday to the Business Climate Index in November, as well as to the preliminary figures from the PMI private sector activity indices for the same month. The manufacturing PMI is expected to reach 43 this month, after 42.8 in October, its lowest level since May 2020, and the services PMI is expected to stand at 45.5, up from 45.2 last month.

At the opening this Thursday, the main European equity markets are expected to change little before the release of the region's PMI indices and trading volumes may be limited in the absence of American investors for Thanksgiving. Data from the broker IG shows that the DAX 40 contract lost 2 points, or 0.01%, and the FTSE 100 contract advanced by 15 points, or 0.2%. Around 7:30am, the CAC 40 futures contract gained 4.5 points, or

Economists expect a further contraction in private sector activity in the eurozone in November, but at a slightly slower pace than in October, when it suffered its biggest decline in nearly three years. According to these economists, the eurozone composite PMI should recover to 47 in November, from 46.5 in October, a low point since

In addition, investors will follow the minutes of the last meeting of the European Central Bank (ECB), at the end of which the institution left its key rates unchanged for the first time since June 2022, suggesting that this pause could to last. Wall Street closed slightly higher on Wednesday in the United States, but trade remained sluggish before Thanksgiving. The Dow Jones Index (DJIA) gained 0.5%, the broader S&P 500 rose 0.4%, and the Nasdaq Composite added 0.5%.
In America, financial markets will be closed on Thursday and will reopen on Friday for a shortened session. Major Asian markets rose slightly on Thursday, while financial markets were closed in Japan, where the day is a holiday due to Labor Day. The Hang Seng Index gained 0.3% at the end of the session in Hong Kong and the Shanghai Composite gained 0.6%.

After the publication of a series of economic indicators in the United States that investors have been looking for indications of the future trajectory of Federal Reserve rates, US Treasury bond yields have ended on a mixed note on Wednesday. The US bond market will remain closed on Thursday for Thanksgiving and will close early on Friday.

While American markets will remain closed for Thanksgiving, the euro rose against the dollar on Thursday. According to Maybank analysts, they will continue to monitor the scenario of the US economy outperforming other countries in the coming weeks. The single currency gained 0.2%, to 1.0914 dollars, at 7:30am.

This morning, oil futures continued to fall after the postponement of the meeting of OPEC+, a group bringing together the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and ten allied countries, from 26 to 30 November. Manish Raj, managing director of Velandera Energy Partners, said that “there seems to be a conflict between OPEC members over who will participate in the next reduction in production.” As for “Saudi Arabia sacrificed its production last year and wishes to invite other producers to share its burden.” Bill Weatherburn, a commodity analyst at Capital Economics, still believes that Saudi Arabia will extend its voluntary production cuts next year, but that the rest of the group is unlikely to cut

The January contract for mild crude oil (WTI) listed on Nymex sold 82 cents, at $76.28 per barrel, around 7:20 a.m. The contract of the same maturity on North Sea Brent gave up 99 cents, at $80.97 per barrel