Les marchés d' actions européens sont attendus en ordre scattered on Tuesday. The EuroStoxx 50 opens at 5,059.20 points (+0.47%), the CAC 40 at 8,132.49 points (+0.46%), the DAX 40 at 18,774.71 points (+0.46%), the DAX 40 at 18,774.71 points (+0.44%), the FTSE 100 at 8,317.59 points (-0.26%) (closing on May 24), the SMI at 11,960.57 points (+0.24%), the AEX at 916.04 points (+0.09%), the BEL 20 at 3,984.87 points (+0.38%), the IBEX 35 at 11,325.50 points (+ 1,325.50 points (+0.71%), the DJIA at 39,069.59 points (+0.01%) (close on May 24), the Nasdaq at 16,920.79 points (+1.10%) (close on May 24), the S&P 500 at 5,304.72 points (+0.70%) (close on May 24), and the Nikkei 225 at 38,791.53 points (-0.28%) (price at 7:25am)

As for exchange rates, the change from the close indicates that in New York, EUR/USD opened at 1.0879 (+0.18%), EUR/JPY at 170.46 (+0.18%), and EUR/JPY at 170.46 (+0.06%), and USD/JPY at 156.70 (-0.13%).

As investors await the release of economic data for guidance, European equity markets could show mixed performances when they open on Tuesday. At around 7:25am, the CAC 40 futures contract gained 17.5 points, or 0.2%, according to data from the broker IG, while the one on the DAX 40 gained 29 points, or 0.2% as well. On the other hand, the FTSE 100 contract lost 4.2 points, or 0.05%, the day after a public holiday in the United Kingdom. Trade volumes were low for the first session of the week, while Monday was also a public holiday in the United States.

Investors are waiting for the US Federal Reserve's (Fed) preferred inflation measure, the PCE index, to be released on Friday, the same day as the May consumer price index in the eurozone. Several Fed and European Central Bank (ECB) officials are also due to speak this week.

Asian equity markets presented a mixed picture on Tuesday. At the end of the session, the Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 0.2%, while the Hang Seng on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange gained 0.4% and the Shanghai Composite gained 0.1%

The day after a public holiday in the United Kingdom and the United States, US Treasury bond yields fell slightly on Tuesday morning. Rate strategists at Commerzbank point out that in the eurozone, after the publication of the IFO Business Climate Index in Germany on Monday, the inflation figures in the monetary union, expected on Friday, will provide decisive indications before the European Central Bank (ECB) meeting on 6 June, after which a 25 basis point rate cut is expected to be announced

Data released last week, including the ECB's negotiated wage index, reduced the likelihood of a rate cut in June to 89%.

This morning, the euro rose against the dollar, due to possible adjustments in positions before the publication of new economic data later in the day in the United States. Maybank analysts believe that the Conference Board Household Confidence Index for the month of May could be an important indicator to follow on Tuesday

For Commonwealth Bank, investors looking for clues about the trajectory of Federal Reserve (Fed) rates could also focus on the speech to be delivered by Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester on instruments conventional and unconventional monetary policies. Loretta Mester and Fed Governor Michelle Bowman are both participating in a monetary policy roundtable on Tuesday at the BOJ-IMES 2024 conference. At 7:25am, the euro gained 0.2%

Buoyed by the prospect of an extension of the cuts in production quotas by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies at its meeting on Sunday, oil futures are up this morning. OCBC strategists have indicated that the recent weakening in crude prices should be reversed, in particular due to the expected tightening of the oil market in the coming quarters. This week, the focus will be on the OPEC meeting and the weekly report of the US Department of Energy (EIA) on oil inventories. At around 7:15am, the July contract for North Sea Brent took 14 cents, at $83.24 per barrel. The one at the same date on WTI increased by 1.13 dollars to 78.85 dollars