Supported by the latest macroeconomic data from China, European stock markets are expected to open higher on Monday.

The certification and quality control group Bureau Veritas announced on Monday the acquisition of its Chilean competitor GeoAssay.

After the close of the markets, the Bolloré group must publish its 2024 results.

The ADP group is due to reveal traffic figures for February after the stock exchange.

The Spanish luxury ready-to-wear brand Loewe, owned by LVMH, announced on Monday the departure of its creative director, Jonathan Anderson, who had held the position since 2013.

A judicial investigation for manslaughter was opened on Friday in France against TotalEnergies, in the file of the jihadist attack in Palma in Mozambique in 2021.

The government is facing a rebellion from the unions, while Prime Minister François Bayrou ruled out on Sunday the hypothesis of a return to retirement at 62.

The President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron is due to receive the new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday in Paris, against a background of intense political tensions between Canada and the United States.
At around 7:30am, the CAC 40 futures contract was stable, according to data from broker IG.

European equity futures predicted a higher opening. Despite the prospects of heightened trade tensions with Washington, China recorded surprisingly robust economic activity at the start of the year. Retail sales grew by 4% year on year in January and February, while the urban unemployment rate rose to 5.4% in February in China. For its part, industrial production grew by 5.9% over one year over the same period

According to data from broker IG, around 7:30am, the DAX 40 futures contract in Frankfurt gained 0.2%, while the FTSE 100 futures contract gained 0.2%, while the FTSE 100 futures contract gained 0.1%.

After the S&P 500 entered correction territory last week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent brushed off concerns about the stock market downturn, calling the correction on Wall Street “healthy”.

President Donald Trump also signaled to stock market investors last week that they were left to their own devices. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is likely to deliver a similar message when central bank governors meet

On Friday, the New York Stock Exchange limited the losses suffered last week, closing sharply in the green as the specter of an administrative “shutdown” receded in the US Congress.

The Dow Jones Index (DJIA) recovered 1.7% on Friday, to 41,488.19 points, and the expanded S&P 500 index advanced 1.2% to 5,638.94 points. Particularly under pressure in recent weeks, the Nasdaq Composite, rich in technological stocks, recovered 1.7% to 17,754.09 points

The Shanghai Composite was up 0.2% at the end of the session, while the Hang Seng rose 0.9% on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In Asia, the Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange ended Monday's session up 0.9%

The two-year US Treasury bond yield fell 1 basis point to 4.02% at around 7:35am. That of the 10-year stock lost 2 basis points (0.02 percentage points), to

The greenback was up 0.1% against the Japanese currency to 148.85 yen. Around 7:35am, the euro fell by 0.1% to 1.0884 dollars.

The April contract for soft light crude (WTI) listed on Nymex rose 52 cents (+0.8%) to $67.04 per barrel. The May North Sea Brent contract listed in London rose by 39 cents, or 0.6%, to $70.97 per barrel, around 7:35am