At the opening, European stock exchanges may hesitate. The Eurostoxx 50 at 4.690.87 points (+0.76%), the CAC 40 at 7,638.97 points (+0.65%), the DAX 40 at 17,033.24 points (-0.08%), the FTSE 100 at 7,681.01 points (+0.76%), the SMI at 11,245.03 points (-0.26%), the AEX at 831.09 points (-0.08%), the FTSE 100 at 7,681.01 points (+0.90%), the SMI at 11,245.03 points (-0.26%), the AEX at 831.09 points (+0.08%), the FTSE 100 at 7,681.01 points (+0.90%), the SMI at 11,245.03 points (-0.26%), the AEX at 831.09 points (+0.08%), the FTSE 100 at 0.82%), the BEL 20 at 3,620.51 points (-0.14%), the IBEX 35 at 10,003.00 points (+0.62%), the DJIA at 38,521.36 points (+0.37%), the Nasdaq at 15,609.00 points (+0.14%), the S&P 500 at 4,954.23 points (+0.23%), the Nikkei 225 at 36,119.92 points (+0.37%), the Nasdaq at 15,609.00 points (+0.07%), the Nasdaq at 15,609.00 points (+0.07%), the S&P 500 at 4,954.23 points (+0.23%), the Nikkei 225 at 36,119.92 points (+0.37%), the Nasdaq at 15,609.00 points (+0.37%), the Nasdaq at 15,609.00 points (-0.11%).

As for exchange rates, the change from the close indicates that in New York, the EUR/USD is at 1.0765 (+0.09%), the EUR/JPY at 159.26 (+0.09%), and the USD/JPY at 147.95 (0.00%), the EUR/JPY at 159.26 (+0.09%), and the USD/JPY at 147.95 (0.00%).

Investors are waiting for the latest economic report from the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE).

As far as businesses are concerned, the pharmaceutical supplier Sartorius Stedim Biotech announced yesterday evening the launch of a capital increase in the amount of 1.2 billion euros, in order to accelerate its deleveraging and “strengthen its strategic flexibility” ecological”. “. At the end of January, the group said it was considering “measures concerning equity” in order to reduce its debt ratio, inflated by the acquisition of Polyplus. Sartorius AG, which holds almost 74% of the capital of Sartorius Stedim Biotech, intends to participate in the capital increase of around 400 million euros. TotalEnergies, Vinci and Amundi published their annual results on Wednesday, while Soitec revealed its turnover for the third quarter of

While the attention of investors remains focused on the interest rate trajectory of major central banks, European equity markets may hesitate early in trading on Wednesday. According to data from broker IG, the DAX 40 contract lost 3.8 points, or 0.02%, and the FTSE 100 contract grew by 9.1 points, or 0.1%. At 7:25am, the CAC 40 futures contract gained 6.5 points, or 0.1%.
The president of the Federal Reserve (Fed) in Cleveland, Loretta Mester, warned on Tuesday that rates would fall too quickly, which could stem the misinformation process at work in the American economy.

Asian indexes presented a mixed picture on Wednesday. The Nikkei index fell 0.1% in Tokyo. The Hang Seng of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange lost 0.3% at the end of the session, the day after a jump of 4%, while the Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.8%, still buoyed by the announcement by Beijing of new measures

Yesterday, US Treasury bond yields fell as buyers returned to the US public debt market and central bankers reaffirmed the need to leave rates unchanged for the time being. Federal funds futures include an 80.5% probability that the central bank will leave its reference rates unchanged, between 5.25% and 5.5%, at the end of its March meeting, according to the CME Group's FedWatch tool. At the end of the next meeting, in May, the probability of a fall in rates of at least 25 basis points is estimated at 66.1%

The auction of $54 billion in three-year US Treasury bonds was also met with satisfactory demand on Tuesday.

This morning, the euro is gaining ground against the dollar, as markets await new data to assess the probability of a fall in interest rates in the United States in the coming months. Deutsche Bank believes that “the real debate is not whether the Fed will cut rates a few weeks earlier or later, but whether it will cut rates more or less than other central banks over the next two years.”

While tensions in the Middle East remain the focus of attention, oil futures are not changing much this morning. For Lukman Otunuga, head of market analysis at FXTM, adverse events concerning the United States and Iran “could keep supply risks high, which would result in an additional increase” in benchmark oil prices in the United

Around 7:15 a.m., the March contract on soft light crude (WTI) listed on Nymex rose 7 cents, at 73.38 dollars per barrel. And the April one on North Sea Brent gained 2 cents, at 78.61 dollars