A l' ouverture, l European equity markets should hesitate. The EuroStoxx 50 opens at 4,654.55 points (+0.34%), the CAC 40 at 7,592.26 points (+0.05%), the DAX 40 at 16,918.21 points (+0.35%), the FTSE 100 at 7,615.54 points (-0.09%), the SMI at 11.2% 13.91 points (-1.05%), the AEX at 822.53 points (+0.05%), the BEL 20 at 3,615.28 points (-0.22%), the IBEX 35 at 10,062.50 points (+0.48%), the DJIA at 38,654.42 points (+0.35%), the Nasdaq & agrave; 15,628.95 points (+1.74%), the S&P 500 at 4,958.61 points (+1.07%), and the Nikkei 225 at 36,354.16 points (+0.54%

As for exchange rates, the change from the close indicates that in New York, EUR/USD is 1.0778 (-0.09%), EUR/JPY at 159.95 (-0.09%), EUR/JPY at 159.95 (-0.07%) and USD/JPY at 148.42 (+0.02%).

The technology and defense group Thales announced on Friday evening the signing of a contract worth 1.8 billion pounds sterling (2.1 billion euros) and lasting 15 years with the British Ministry of Defence.

Today, investors will be following the final PMI Services Index figures for January. Preliminary data, released by S&P Global and Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB) on January 24, showed the index fell to 45 last month, its lowest level in four months, from 45.7 in December. Below 50, the index reflects a contraction in activity. This contract, effective since January 1, aims to improve the “availability and resilience of ships” of the British Navy, thanks to the latest innovations in terms of artificial intelligence (AI) and data analysis, Thales said in a statement.

At the opening on Monday, European equity markets are expected to hesitate, while the president of the Federal Reserve (Fed) said overnight from Sunday to Monday that the American central bank had now turned its back on Attention to the timetable for an initial cut in interest rates, but that the strength of the American economy meant that such a measure was not urgent. The DAX 40 contract lost 9.3 points, or 0.1%, and the FTSE 100 contract gained 6.1 points, or 0.1%. At 7:25am, the CAC 40 futures contract was at breakeven, according to data from

According to the central banker, the Fed was trying to find a balance between the risk of leaving rates too high for too long a period of time, which could cause an economic downturn, and the risk of lowering rates too soon and allowing the 39; inflation to stabilize beyond the 2% target. For Jérôme Powell, “there is no easy, simple and obvious trajectory”.

For their part, investors will be paying attention on Monday to the PMI and ISM indices of activity in the service sector in Europe and the United States. The Asian indices are trading in scattered order this morning. The Nikkei index gained 0.5% in Tokyo and the Hang Seng on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange rose 0.7% at the end of trading. On the other hand, the Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.2% at the end of the session.

This morning, the euro fell against the dollar. According to Matthew Ryan, head of market strategy at Ebury, a fall in Fed rates in March seems ruled out after the publication of robust US employment figures on Friday, which should support the dollar

After sliding back last week, crude oil futures are picking up again this morning. According to the director of investment strategy at U.S. Bank Asset Management, Rob Haworth, the markets are focused on “global demand trends.” According to the latter, for oil to break out of its recent fluctuation range, it would require “a significant resumption of global commercial activity, in particular trade in goods from China”.

At 7:15 a.m., the April North Sea Brent contract gained 42 cents, at 77.75 dollars per barrel. While the March price on light sweet crude (WTI) listed on Nymex rose 30 cents to 72.58