European stock exchanges are expected to open higher on Monday at the opening, while the situation in Ukraine will be the focus of attention this week.

The Senate is considering the Social Security Financing Bill (PLFSS) on Monday in new reading. It should adopt the text in the same terms as the National Assembly, which would allow for its final adoption.

Several heads of state from the Old Continent are meeting this Monday in Paris to try to define a common European position against the United States on the Ukrainian issue.

The operator of retirement homes and clinics Clariane (ex-Korian) announced on Monday that it had amended and extended its syndicated loan for an amount of 625 million euros by the end of May 2029 and signed a new real estate loan, worth 150 million euros for the same term.

Groupe ADP is due to publish traffic figures at its airports for the month of January on Monday after the close of markets.

Around 7:45 a.m., the CAC 40 futures contract was up 0.2%, according to data from broker IG.

On the equity side, equity futures were up on Monday morning as traders continued to monitor trade trends and geopolitical headlines. Trump administration officials are scheduled to meet with Russian ambassadors in Saudi Arabia about the war in Ukraine.

Some investors fear that markets have been overly optimistic recently, after strong economic growth helped propel the S&P 500 to successive record highs in a bull market lasting nearly two years. Commercial concerns and the challenge of DeepSeek in AI have barely dampened this enthusiasm

"There have been signs of exuberance for some time,” says Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management. “The market is vulnerable to disappointment. “At around 7:45am, the DAX 40 futures contract gained 0.2%, while the FTSE 100 futures contract gained 0.1%, according to data from broker IG

The New York Stock Exchange ended without direction on Friday evening after the announcement of a sharp slowdown in retail sales in January in the United States. The Dow Jones Index (DJIA) fell by 0.4% to 44,546.08 points. The S&P 500 index lagged behind (-0.01%), at 6,114.63 points, after briefly surpassing its previous all-time high in December during the session. The Nasdaq Composite, rich in technology stocks, closed up 0.4% to 20,026.77 points

For the whole of last week, however, the DJIA rose by 0.6%, while the S&P 500 rose by 1.5% and the Nasdaq by 2.6%. In Asia, the Shanghai Composite was up by 0.2% at the end of the session, while the Hang Seng rose by 0.3% on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The Tokyo Stock Exchange closed up 0.1%. The American market is closed. The 10-year Treasury bond rate was 4.48% on Friday evening. That of the two-year stock was 4.27%

Around 7:45 a.m., the euro was stable against the greenback, at 1.0493 dollars. The greenback lost 0.4% against the Japanese currency, at 151.73

Around 7:45 a.m., the April contract for North Sea Brent quoted in London rose by 16 cents, or 0.2%, to 74.91 dollars per barrel. The March contract for light sweet crude (WTI) listed on Nymex fell 4 cents, or -0.1%, to