Les marchés d' actions européens attendus en hausse avant American employment. The EuroStoxx 50 opens at 4,638.60 points (-0.21%), the CAC 40 at 7,588.75 points (-0.89%), the DAX 40 at 16,859.04 points (-0.89%), the DAX 40 at 16,859.04 points (-0.26%), the FTSE 100 at 7,622.16 points (-0.89%), the SMC 40 at 16,859.04 points (-0.26%), the SM100 I at 11,213.91 points (-1.05%), the AEX at 822.09 points (+0.47%), the BEL 20 at 3,623.30 points (-1.08%), the IBEX 35 at 10,014.00 points (-0.63%), the DJIA at 38,519.84 points (+0.97%), the Nasdaq & agrave; 15,361.64 points (+1.30%), the S&P 500 at 4,906.19 points (+1.25%), and the Nikkei 225 at 36,158.02 points (+0.41%

As for exchange rates, the change from the close indicates that in New York, the EUR/USD is at 1.0885 (+0.11%), the EUR/JPY at 159.39 (+0.11%), the EUR/JPY at 159.39 (+0.13%), and the USD/JPY at 146.45 (+0.02%).

After recording sustained activity in the fourth quarter, the manufacturer of seamless tubes for the oil industry Vallourec raised its 2023 gross operating income (EBIT) target on Thursday evening. The group expects an EBITDA of more than 1.19 billion euros for the whole of the past financial year, compared to a previous forecast of 1.08 billion to 1.18 billion euros. For its part, the advertising group Publicis announced that it will pay 148 million euros to close the proceedings initiated in the United States against its former subsidiary Rosetta, implicated for its role in the promotion of opiate-based drugs. On the macroeconomic side, statistics on industrial production for the month of December will be published at 8:45

European equity markets are expected to open higher on Friday. According to data from broker IG, the CAC 40 futures contract rose by 60.7 points, or 0.8%, at 7:30. The DAX 40 contract took 155.4 points, or 0.9%, and the FTSE 100 contract won 60.3 points, or 0.8%.

The New York Stock Exchange regained altitude on Thursday, allowing the Dow Jones to set a new record. After disappointing earnings in the tech sector and monetary policy announcements from the Fed, which dampened hopes for a rapid drop in interest rates, the S&P 500 had lost 1.7% in the previous two sessions

Apple announced a slight increase in sales on Thursday evening during the holiday quarter, the first of its delayed fiscal year. Apple is putting an end to the sequence of contraction in its sales that has been going through since the end of 2022. Facebook's parent company, Meta Platforms, announced a sharp increase in its advertising revenue at the end of the year, which allowed it to exceed Wall Street expectations for its quarterly results.
Investors will be watching the release of several data on the American economy on Friday: the non-farm employment report in January, the University of Michigan household confidence index and factory orders in December.
The main Asian stock market indices were trading in a mixed manner on Friday. The Nikkei index ended the session up 0.4% in Tokyo and the Hang Seng Index was up 0.1% at the end of the session in Hong Kong, while the Chinese Shanghai Composite Index lost 1.5%

This morning, US Treasury bond yields are stable. They fell to their lowest levels in the last three to five weeks on Thursday as traders considered a range of risks to the American economy, the job market and Fed policy.

Traders have pushed back on expectations that the Fed will cut interest rates for the first time this year, and currently estimate that there is a 95.5% probability that a reduction of at least a quarter point will take place in May. However, they expect the American Central Bank to reduce its key interest rate to a range of 3.75% to 4% before the end of the year, compared to a range of 5.25% to 5.5% currently.
At around 7:10am, the 10-year US Treasury rate was stable at 3.880%. That of the stock at 2 years was also unchanged, at 4.212%

The euro appreciated against the dollar and yen this morning, while the greenback was stable against the Japanese currency. According to Westpac Strategy Group, the dollar should have taken advantage of the fact that Fed Chairman Jerome Powell rejected the hypothesis of a cut in interest rates in March. According to him, the greenback is penalized in the short term by new signs of instability in the regional banking sector in the United States and by a climate of caution before the publication of non-agricultural employment figures on the day

After falling to their lowest levels in nearly two weeks on Thursday, oil futures rose on Friday due to a probable technical rebound. Due to unconfirmed press reports that progress is being made towards a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, their progress may be limited. The April contract on North Sea Brent gained 20 cents, at 78.90 dollars per barrel, and the March contract on light sweet crude (WTI) listed on Nymex gained 15 cents, at 73.97 dollars per barrel, at 73.97 dollars per barrel, at 7:10am