European equity markets are expected to open higher on Thursday for the first trading session of 2025.

The Automotive Platform (PFA), which brings together the sector in France, announced that new passenger car registrations in France increased by 1.5% over one year in December, but fell by 3.2% over the whole of 2024, in raw data. The final version of the manufacturing PMI index for December in France is due to be published this Thursday at 9:50am. According to data from the broker IG, around 7:35am, the CAC 40 futures contract

To start the first session of 2025, European equity markets should move higher on Tuesday. Wall Street ended on Tuesday on a cautious note a year of strong growth marked by enthusiasm for artificial intelligence and the start of the Federal Reserve's (Fed) interest rate cut. In the wake of the downturn in many tech stocks, the New York Stock Exchange fell for the third time in a row on Tuesday. After an upward opening, the Dow Jones index finally gave up 0.1% to 42,544.22 points. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% to 5,881.63 points. The Nasdaq Composite, rich in technology stocks, rose slightly by 0.2% to 19,310.79 points

Major Asian equity markets are losing ground on Thursday after the release of the China Manufacturing PMI, which rose more moderately in December. The Hang Seng dropped 2% at the end of the session on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, while the Shanghai Composite fell by 2.2%. According to data from broker IG, around 7:35am, the DAX 40 futures contract gained 0.5% and the FTSE 100 futures contract gained 0.2%

Siebert chief investment officer Mark Malek expects a new wave of bond purchases, with the policy agenda that the second Trump administration intends to implement threatening to increase the already high budget deficit. ; of the United States or to continue to drive up inflation. This could cause the 10-year US Treasury bond yield to exceed the 4.6% level it reached at the end of the year. The manager “bond market vigilantes will ultimately have more impact on the market than they have had in years

At around 7:35 a.m., the 10-year US Treasury bond rate was unchanged at 4.57%. That of the two-year stock did not change either, at 4.24%

The euro is up slightly against the dollar this morning, while the greenback is losing ground against the Japanese currency. For Dominic Schnider, head of foreign exchange at UBS Wealth Management, investors are too obsessed with the growth promises of Donald Trump, who is committed to reducing taxes and bureaucracy. He also said that he doubted that the rise in the dollar would last. According to Dominic Schnider, the dollar should slow down in the first quarter and end the year 2025, falling by 5% against the euro and down 8% against the yen compared to its current levels. Around 7:35am, the euro was up slightly by 0.1% to 1.0365 dollars. At the same time, the greenback lost 0.4% against the Japanese currency, to 156.75

Driven by the optimism of investors, crude oil prices are rising. Axis Securities said the two rate cuts the Fed could make in 2025 and growth measures in China could boost energy demand, creating upward momentum for crude prices. For the broker, oil prices remained moderate in 2024 due to relatively low demand from China, even though OPEC+ supply management helped stabilize prices. Axis Securities believes that “by balancing supply discipline and economic recovery, rough prices should be able to recover due to geopolitical and economic factors

At around 7:30am, the March contract for North Sea Brent listed in London gained 15 cents (+0.20%), to 74.79 dollars per barrel. The February contract for light sweet crude (WTI) listed on Nymex also gained 15 cents (+0.21%), at 71.87