European stock exchanges are expected to open in positive territory on Tuesday, before a crucial vote in Germany on the massive investment plan of the future chancellor, Friedrich Merz.

The Bolloré group for its part published a sharp increase in net profit for 2024 on Monday evening and indicated that it would pay a dividend up by 14%.

Peugeot Invest, the investment vehicle of the Peugeot family, announced that it has initiated the sale of approximately 2.5% of the capital of the electrical and mechanical engineering specialist Spie. At the end of the transaction, Peugeot Invest will retain 2.5% of the capital and 4.6% of the voting rights of Spie, but will no longer sit on the board of

The airport operator Groupe ADP announced that its traffic grew by 6.2% over one year in February 2025 and exceeded the levels observed before the Covid-19 pandemic.

On Monday evening, the manufacturer of licensed fragrances Interperfumes announced the acquisition of the global intellectual property rights of the French brand Maison Goutal. The transaction amount has not been reported.
At around 7:40am, the CAC 40 futures contract gained 0.4%, according to data from broker IG.

Encouraged by the rise on Wall Street on Monday, while investors will have their eyes on Germany, European equity markets are expected to open higher on Tuesday. According to data from the broker IG, the DAX 40 futures contract in Frankfurt rose by 0.6%, while that on the FTSE 100 grew by 0.4%, around 7:40am. The Bundestag, the lower house of the German Parliament, is voting on Tuesday on the vast rearmament and infrastructure investment plan proposed by Friedrich

According to ING strategists, the markets expect the Bundestag to approve this plan, which was agreed upon by future coalition partners, Friedrich Merz's CDU and the SPD as well as the Greens. Investors will also be watching the geopolitical situation as Donald Trump is due to speak by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. The discussion is expected to focus on the American president's proposal for a 30-day truce in Ukraine

The New York Stock Exchange posted a second consecutive trading session on Monday, having managed to stabilize after the turbulence experienced last week amid the trade war. In particular, the market reacted to a slight increase in retail sales last month in the United States.
The Dow Jones Index (DJIA) gained 0.9%, to 41,841.63 points, and the expanded S&P 500 index gained 0.6%, to 5,675.12 points. The Nasdaq Composite, rich in technology stocks, closed up 0.3% to 17,808.66 points

In Asia, the Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange ended Tuesday trading up 1.2%. The Shanghai Composite rose by 0.1% at the end of the session, while the Hang Seng gained 2.1% on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Around 7:40 a.m., the two-year US Treasury bond rate fell by 1 basis point, to 4.05%. That of the 10-year stock lost less than 1 basis point, to 4.30%

The greenback gained 0.4% against the Japanese currency at 149.86 yen, while the euro lost 0.1% to 1.0908 dollars around 7:40am.

The April contract for soft light crude (WTI) listed on Nymex rose by 35 cents, or 0.5%, to $67.93 per barrel, at around 7:40am. The May North Sea Brent contract listed in London gained 40 cents, or 0.6%, to $71.47 per