After the close on Tuesday with a marked increase in American indexes the day after Donald Trump's inauguration, European stock markets are expected to open higher on Wednesday.

Around 7:40 a.m., the CAC 40 futures contract gained 0.2%, according to data from broker IG.

On Tuesday evening, the railway equipment manufacturer Alstom published an increase in sales for the third quarter of its delayed fiscal year, but its order intake stalled. Over the period from October to December, the group generated sales of 4.67 billion euros, up by 7.9% as reported and by 9.8% at constant scope and exchange rates. On the other hand, order intake reached 4.26 billion euros (-21.8% over one year), compared to 5.45 billion euros in the third quarter of 2023-2024.

European equity markets are expected to open in positive territory on Wednesday, with the risk of an all-out trade war appearing to be receding for the time being. According to data from broker IG, around 7:40am, the DAX 40 futures contract gained 0.5% and the FTSE 100 futures contract gained less than 0.1%. While investors were analyzing President Donald Trump's first announcements, the New York Stock Exchange closed sharply higher on Tuesday at the end of a long weekend in

The Dow Jones Index (DJIA) gained 1.2%, to 44,025.81 points, and the expanded S&P 500 index gained 0.9%, to 6,049.24 points. After going into the red at the start of the session, the Nasdaq Composite, rich in technological stocks, ended up 0.6% to 19,756.78 points

On Monday, Donald Trump's speech did not hold any major surprises but the American president reiterated his threat to impose 25% tariffs on imports, Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was considering imposing 10% tariffs on imports, Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was considering imposing 10% tariffs on imports from China and that he was considering customs taxes on European Union products from Canada and Mexico as early as next month

In addition, Netflix reported higher-than-expected profits in the past quarter on Tuesday evening after attracting a record number of new subscribers. The video streaming giant gained 18.9 million subscribers in the fourth quarter, a number up 44% compared to the same quarter of the previous year and significantly above market expectations, which were 9.8 million new subscribers.
Big names in technology have committed to investing up to 500 billion dollars over the next four years in infrastructures dedicated to artificial intelligence in the United States.

This project, called Stargate, is led by OpenAI, the start-up behind ChatGPT, and by the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group. It plans to build data centers for OpenAI. The software publisher Oracle and MGX, an investor supported by the United Arab Emirates, are also among the financial partners of the project.
Asian equity markets were trading in a mixed manner on Wednesday morning. The Shanghai Composite lost 1% at the end of the session and the Hang Seng fell by 1.7% on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, while the Nikkei 225 closed up 1.6% on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

The 10-year US Treasury bond rate was stable at 4.58% at around 7:40am. That of the two-year stock was almost unchanged, at 4.29%.

The euro lost 0.2%, to 1.0405 dollars, around 7:40am. The greenback lost 0.2% against the Japanese currency, at 155.89