Les marchés d' actions européens sont attendus en hausse before American employment. The Eurostoxx 50 opens at 4,890.61 points (-0.62%), the CAC 40 at 7,914.65 points (-0.88%), the DAX 40 at 17,896.50 points (-0.88%), the DAX 40 at 17,896.50 points (-0.20%), the FTSE 100 at 8,172.15 points (+0.63%), the SMI at 11.63% 209.63 points (-0.46%), the AEX at 878.71 points (-0.01%), the BEL 20 at 3,893.20 points (+0.26%), the IBEX 35 at 10,872.00 points (+ 0.16%), the DJIA at 38,225 points .66 points (+0.85%), the Nasdaq at 15,840.96 points (+1.51%), the S&P 500 at 5,064.20 points (+0.91%), and the Nikkei 225 at 38,236.07 points

As for exchange rates, the change from the close indicates that in New York, the EUR/USD is at 1.0735 (+0.07%), the EUR/JPY at 164.07 (-0.43%), and the USD/JPY at 152.85 (-0.50%), the EUR/JPY is at 164.07 (-0.43%), and the USD/JPY at 152.85 (-0.50%).

Statistics on the state budget situation and industrial production for the month of March will be released at 8:45am.

As for companies, Crédit Agricole, Société Générale, ALD and Legrand presented their first-quarter results on Friday, while Klépierre published the figures of its activity for the same period and held its annual general meeting. Spie is also meeting its shareholders on Friday.
For its part, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) transport specialist GTT announced that it had signed a license agreement with PipeChina Innovation, a subsidiary of the public company PipeChina, in order to access new markets in LNG storage

On Thursday evening, the insurer Axa published a turnover of 7% in the first quarter, driven by all its business lines, and confirmed the objectives of its 2024-2026 strategic plan presented at the end of February.

Ahead of the publication of the monthly US employment report, which will give investors a new insight into the state of the American economy, European equity markets are expected to open higher on Friday. At around 7:25am, the CAC 40 futures contract gained 22.5 points, or 0.3%, according to data from broker IG. The one on the DAX 40 took 45.5 points, or 0.3% as well, and the contract on the FTSE 100 advanced by 17 points, or 0.2%. Boeing (+4.3%) posted the biggest rise in the Dow Jones Index, remaining buoyed by the $10 billion bond refinancing plan announced this week

Jerome Powell noted that an unexpected weakening of the job market could be a factor that would justify lowering rates. Economists expect a job market that was still robust last month with the creation of 240,000 jobs and an unemployment rate stable at 3.8%

After the close, the technology group Apple announced revenue down 4.3% year on year, to $90.75 billion, in the second quarter of its staggered fiscal year. For its part, its net profit fell by 2.2% to 23.6 billion dollars, or 1.54 dollars per share. However, these two indicators exceed the FactSet consensus among analysts. Apple shares gained 6% in post-closing trading, also supported by a 4.2% increase in the group's quarterly dividend, to 25 cents, and by the launch of a new $110 billion share repurchase plan.
At the end of the session in Hong Kong in Asia, the Hang Seng gained 1.1%. The Tokyo Stock Exchange was closed on Friday, as were the markets in mainland China.

As the markets assimilated the latest Fed announcements before the release, scheduled for Friday, US Treasury bond rates fell again on Thursday. The 10-year US Treasury bond rate fell by 5 basis points to 4.584%. The two-year yield, the most sensitive to the Fed's short-term rate policy, fell 9 basis points to 4.893%

This morning, the euro was almost unchanged against the dollar, but fell sharply against the yen, like the greenback. Observers believe that the Japanese authorities intervened again on Wednesday evening to support the yen, which appreciated sharply. Chris Turner, an analyst at ING, said that this shows that intervention is still on the agenda” during the series of four public holidays that begin on Friday in Japan.

This morning, oil futures rose slightly, after several days of pullback. OCBC analysts say contracts have lost more than 5.7% in three days. The increase in oil reserves in the United States, the drop in demand and the progress in ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas have weighed on prices. Analysts at ING say that US employment figures “could be an important catalyst for oil prices” on Friday. At 7:25am, the July contract on North Sea Brent rose 28 cents, at 83.95 dollars per barrel, while the June contract on light sweet crude (WTI) listed on Nymex gained 27 cents, to