European stock exchanges are expected to start trading on Monday in the green, before the publication of a series of indicators of activity on both sides of the Atlantic.

The third edition of the Airbus summit dedicated to sustainable aeronautics opens its doors on Monday at 15:00 in Toulouse.

The vaccine manufacturer Valneva announced on Monday that it had signed an agreement with the Réunion Regional Health Agency to provide at least 40,000 doses of its Ixchiq vaccine against chikungunya.

On Friday evening, the media group Vivendi announced that it had fallen below 20% of the capital of the Italian telecom operator TIM last week following sales of shares on the market.

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

Hoping that the next round of US tariffs will be more measured than expected, European equity markets could open higher on Monday. According to data from broker IG, the DAX 40 futures contract in Frankfurt rose by 0.5%, while that on the FTSE 100 in London

The White House may put aside its plans for sector-specific tariffs when it introduces reciprocal tariffs to a targeted set of countries on April 2. According to an American administration official quoted by the daily, the new taxes that the American President, Donald Trump, said he wanted to apply to sectors such as cars, pharmaceuticals and semiconductors as of April 2 should not be announced on this date

Investors will also be watching on Monday the discussions in Saudi Arabia between Americans and Russians about a truce in Ukraine. American negotiators met with Ukrainian officials on Sunday. The New York Stock Exchange recovered at the end of the session on Friday to finish in the green

After a downward opening due to persistent fears for American growth, the Dow Jones Index (DJIA) finally gained 0.1%, to 41,985.35 points. The expanded S&P 500 index rose 0.1% to 5,667.56 points. The Nasdaq Composite, rich in technological stocks, rose by 0.5% to 17,784.05 points. For the whole week, the S&P 500 gained 0.5%, the Dow Jones gained 1.2% and the Nasdaq 0.2%

American markets opened in the red on Friday in the wake of the earnings warning from parcel transport giant FedEx, whose stock ended down 6.5%.

In Asia, the Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange ended Monday trading down 0.2%. The Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.1% at the end of the session, as did the Hang Seng on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

The 10-year US Treasury bond rate rose 2.6 basis points to 4.28% at around 7:40.

The greenback grew by 0.1% against the Japanese currency, to 149.56 yen. Around 7:40 a.m., the euro gained 0.3% to 1.0844 dollars.

The May contract for soft light crude (WTI) listed on Nymex lost 4 cents, or 0.1%, to $68.24 per barrel.

Around 7:40 a.m., the May contract for North Sea Brent traded in London sold 11 cents, or 0.2%, to 72.05 dollars per barrel.