Les marchés d' actions européens sont attendus en baisse after their rebound on Wednesday. The Eurostoxx 50 opens at 5,034.43 points (+1.40%), the CAC 40 at 7,864.70 points (+0.97%), the DAX 40 at 18,630.86 points (+0.97%), the DAX 40 at 18,630.86 points (+1.42%), the FTSE 100 at 8,215.48 points (+0.83%), the SMI at 12.163.48 points (+0.97%), the DAX 40 at 18,630.86 points (+1.97%), the DAX 40 at 18,630.86 points (+1.42%) 7.59 points (+0.78%), the AEX at 931.79 points (+1.14%), the BEL 20 at 3,906.79 points (+1.27%), the IBEX 35 at 11,245.40 points (+0.63%), the DJIA at 38,712 .21 points (-0.09%), the Nasdaq at 17,608.44 points (+1.53%), the S&P 500 at 5,421.03 points (+0.85%), and the Nikkei 225 at 38,845.13 points

As for exchange rates, the change from the close indicates that in New York, the EUR/USD is at 1.0805 (-0.04%), the EUR/JPY at 169.67 (+0.16%), and the USD/JPY at 157.04 (+0.04%), the EUR/JPY at 169.67 (+0.16%), and the USD/JPY at 157.04 (+0.20%).

The electronic label specialist VusionGroup (ex-SES-imagotag) announced the deployment of its solutions in 80 additional stores of the Sonae group, owner of the first Portuguese distribution chain. The financial terms of the contract were not disclosed. Stellantis is holding an investor day on Thursday, while Worldline is bringing its shareholders together

As investors analyze the “dot plot” of the American Federal Reserve (Fed), which expects only one rate cut this year, European equity markets are expected to open lower on Thursday. The Fed kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday evening, as expected. According to data from the broker IG, around 7:20am, the CAC 40 futures contract lost 22.6 points, or 0.3%. The DAX 40 contract lost 43 points, or 0.2%, and the FTSE 100 contract gave up 25.7 points, or 0.3%. Markets will monitor industrial production figures in April in the eurozone on Thursday

After the announcement of a slowdown in inflation in the United States in May and the timid confirmation by the Federal Reserve (Fed) of its intention to reduce rates later this year, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite signed new records. The New York Stock Exchange closed in a mixed manner on Wednesday.

Both indexes were also driven by the stock of software giant Oracle, which provided optimistic forecasts. As expected, the central bank kept its rates unchanged and indicated that inflation should slow further to allow monetary policy to be relaxed. While the median forecast was for three cuts last March, in their projections updated on Wednesday, Fed members generally point to a single rate cut of a quarter point by the end of the year. Quincy Krosby, head of global strategy at LPL Financial, says that “it's important that the [monetary policy] committee recognized that inflation was falling, that it was going in the right direction, and that it was getting closer to the Fed's 2% target

Asian equity markets are up overall this morning, except for the Nikkei Index, which lost 0.1% on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and the Shanghai Composite, which fell 0.3% on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and the Shanghai Composite, which fell by 0.3%. The Hang Seng on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange gained 0.5%.

This morning, after their sharp drop the day before, US Treasury bond rates are not changing much. According to analysts, investors seem to attach more importance to the lower-than-expected consumer price index in the United States than to the modification of the “dot plot” of the Fed Monetary Policy Committee (FOMC), which now forecasts only one cut in interest rates for 2024 instead of the three previously considered. Around 7:10am, the 10-year US Treasury bond rate was almost stable, at 4.329%. The two-year stock's return gained around 2 points, to 4.775%

Like the greenback, the euro is almost stable this morning against the dollar and is up against the yen. The dollar is expected to strengthen further due to favorable bond yields, the fact that the Fed is only planning to cut rates once this year and the easing of monetary policies outside the United States, according to HSBC Global Research. The bank says that strong risk appetite and signs of improved economic growth in other regions of the world should limit the dollar's rise.

After the announcement of an unexpected rise in crude oil and gas inventories in the United States, oil futures fell on Thursday. The U.S. Department of Energy said Wednesday that crude oil inventories increased by 3.7 million barrels in the week ending June 7. Robert Yawger, head of energy futures at Mizuho Securities, said that the “good news” for those who expect prices to rise is that the Energy Department report shows that demand managed to return to above 9 million barrels per day last week. Around 6:50am, the August North Sea Brent contract lost 23 cents to $82.37 per barrel. The July contract for light sweet crude (WTI) listed on Nymex sold 21 cents at $78.29