Before monetary meetings on both sides of the Atlantic this week as well as the publication of the results of big names on the stock market such as LVMH, European stock exchanges are expected to open in decline on Monday.

The certification and quality control group Bureau Veritas announced on Monday that it and its Swiss competitor SGS had put an end to discussions with a view to a merger. At around 7:40am, the CAC 40 futures contract fell by 1.2%, according to data from

Prime Minister François Bayrou will speak on Monday evening during an interview on the LCI channel, while budget discussions will continue this week in Parliament. In particular, a joint joint committee must meet on Thursday to find a compromise on the state budget for 2025

While American tariff policy remains under surveillance, at the start of a week that will be marked by the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank monetary policy meeting, equity markets Europeans are expected to open in decline on Monday. At around 7:40am, the DAX 40 futures contract lost 0.8%, while the FTSE 100 futures contract fell by 0.7%, according to data from broker IG

Donald Trump returned Sunday evening to the threat he had made during the day to impose 25% tariffs and economic sanctions on Colombia, which, according to the White House, has accepted its conditions concerning the repatriation of migrants to the country.

Trump raised this threat on Sunday afternoon in retaliation for the Colombian government's refusal to allow two military planes carrying migrants to land in the country. But after backroom negotiations between the two countries, the White House announced that Colombia had “accepted all of President Trump's conditions, including the unrestricted acceptance of all illegal aliens from Colombia returned from the United

After Donald Trump returned to the White House, the New York Stock Exchange closed lower on Friday, but still posted a clear increase over the whole week. The Dow Jones Index (DJIA) ended down by 0.3% to 44,424.25 points. The expanded S&P 500 index fell by 0.3% to 6,101.24 points, after setting a new all-time high at the close the previous day. The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.5% to 19,954.30 points. For the whole week, the DJIA gained 2.2%, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose by 1.7%, while the market enjoyed good quarterly results in the banking and technology sectors. Investors expect releases from tech giants Microsoft, Meta, Tesla and Apple this week.

The S&P 500 hit its first record since early December on Thursday after Donald Trump gave a speech at the Davos Economic Forum.
Asian equity markets were trading in a mixed manner on Monday. The Shanghai Composite rose by 0.3% at the end of the session and the Hang Seng rose 1% on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The Nikkei 225 closed down 0.9% on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Monday, the index of manufacturing purchasing managers fell to 49.1 in January from 50.1

The 10-year U.S. Treasury bond yielded around 5 basis points, at 4.59%, around 7:30 a.m., while that of the two-year stock lost 2 basis points, to 4.26%.

The greenback gained 0.2% against the Japanese currency, at 156.10 yen. At around 7:30am, the euro dropped 0.2% to 1.0462 dollars.

The March contract on soft light crude (WTI) traded on Nymex lost 67 cents, or 0.9%, to 73.99 dollars per barrel, around 7:30am, while the contract of the same maturity on North Sea Brent quoted in London lost 65 cents, or 0.8%, to 77.84 dollars per barrel, around 7:30am, while the contract of the same maturity on North Sea Brent listed in London lost 65 cents, or 0.8%, to 77.84 dollars per barrel.