European stock markets are expected to change slightly ahead of key service activity indicators. The Eurostoxx 50 opens at 4,414.95 points (-0.08%), the CAC 40 at 7,332.59 points (-0.18%), the DAX 40 at 16,404.76 points (+0.04%), the FTSE 100 at 7,512.96 points (-0.22%), the SMI at 10,952.44 points (+0.60%), the AEX at 770.61 points (-0.10%), the BEL 20 at 3,593.54 points (+0.41%), the IBEX 35 at 10,178.30 points (+0.37%), the DJIA at 36,204.44 points (-0.11%), the Nasdaq at 14,185.49 points (-0.84%), the S&P 500 at 4,569.78 points (-0.54%), and the Nikkei 225 to 32. 75.82 points (-1.37%

With regard to exchange rates, the change compared to the close indicates that in New York, the EUR/USD was at 1.0846 (+0.09%), the EUR/JPY at 159.49 (-0.01%) and the USD/JPY at 147.06 (-0.11%).

Today, investors will be paying attention to the industrial production figures for October as well as the final figures for the PMI Services Index for November.

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In Europe, equity markets could open on a mixed note today. Investors are taking a break before new economic indicators are released on both sides of the Atlantic. According to data from the broker IG, the DAX 40 contract gained 1.8 points, or 0.01%, and the FTSE 100 contract lost 16.5 points, or 0.2%. The forward contract on the CAC 40 forward contract lost 9.2 points, or 0.1%,

Today, attention will focus on the PMI indices in the eurozone and ISM in the United States of activity in the service sector before the report on paid employment in the United States in November, expected on Friday. Investors expect the status quo from both central banks and will review their new economic projections at these last meetings of the year. Wall Street rose to its highest level of the year on Friday in hopes of a Fed interest rate cut in 2024. The Dow Jones Index (DJIA) fell 0.1% on Monday, the expanded S&P 500 fell by 0.5%, and the nasdaq Composite, which is rich in tech stocks, dropped 0.8%.
The main Asian markets fell on Tuesday. The Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 1.4%. The Hang Seng, in Hong Kong, dropped 1.8% at the end of the session, while the Shanghai Composite lost 1%.

US Treasury bond yields fell slightly this morning. The markets are betting on an end to the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes and the rapid onset of rate cuts. Data to be released this week should confirm that the US labor market is easing, ahead of the Fed's monetary policy committee meeting next week

The euro appreciated against the dollar this morning, with operators reevaluating the prospects of interest rate cuts at major central banks, including the US Fed, next year. According to Saxo Markets' Asia-Pacific strategists, market players seem to be reconsidering the possibility of a rapid Fed rate cut in 2024. They estimate that the probability of a rate cut in the first quarter has fallen to 67%, from 75% previously.

After reaching their lowest levels in more than two weeks the day before, oil futures stabilized this morning. At 7:25 a.m., the January contract for light sweet crude (WTI) listed on Nymex was worth 4 cents, at $73.08 per barrel, while the February contract for North Sea Brent was unchanged