As investors try to analyze the impact of new automotive tariffs in the United States and to anticipate the scope of “reciprocal” tariffs, which are also due to come into force next week, European stock exchanges are expected to start trading on Friday. in the red.

Ubisoft announced on Thursday evening that it was going to split by creating a new division including the Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Far Cry, and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six franchises. This new dedicated subsidiary has a “pre-money” corporate value of around 4 billion euros. The Chinese conglomerate Tencent Holdings will invest 1.16 billion euros to acquire a 25% stake in the new entity

Société Générale formalized on Friday the arrival of Alexis Kohler, Secretary General of the Elysée since 2017, as Deputy CEO from next June.
Kering announced on Thursday evening that it had completed the investment transaction with the Ardian fund concerning a portfolio of three “prestigious” real estate complexes in

INSEE is due to unveil the latest figures on household consumption in February this Friday at 8:45am as well as a first estimate of consumer prices for March.

Pharmaceutical group Sanofi announced on Friday that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection had approved its drug Dupixent (dupilumab) for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adults who are insufficiently controlled by treatments existing.

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

While investors and analysts struggle to assimilate the impact of the latest Trump administration tariffs, European futures were pointing slightly down this morning. At around 7:45am, the DAX 40 futures contract in Frankfurt fell by 0.3%, while the FTSE 100 futures contract in London was stable, according to data from

As US President Donald Trump announced additional 25% auto tariffs on Wednesday evening, the US stock market fell for the second day in a row on Thursday.

After major losses earlier in the month, however, the fall in indices due to customs tariffs seems to have slowed down. The markets are a bit on hold pending the Trump administration's specific plans for reciprocal tariffs that are due to take effect as of April 2

Fed officials indicated on Thursday that the central bank is unlikely to change interest rates until the tariff fog clears up. The Fed's preferred inflation indicator, the February Personal Consumer Expenditure Price Index (PCE), is expected today. Economists expect an increase of 2.5% year-on-year, the same figure as in January

The Dow Jones Index (DJIA) lost 0.4% on Thursday, to 42,299.80 points, while the S&P 500 lost 0.3%, to 5,693.31 points. Nasdaq, which is rich in technology stocks, fell 0.5% to 17,804 points

In Asia, the Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange ended Friday trading down 0.6%. The Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.6% at the end of the session, as did the Hang Seng on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

The 10-year US Treasury bond yield fell by 3 basis points (0.03 percentage points), to 4.34%, at around 7:45am. The stock price at two years was down 1 basis point, to 3.99%.

The greenback fell by 0.3% against the Japanese currency, to 150.67 yen. Around 7:45am, the euro lost 0.1% to 1.0791 dollars.

The May contract for soft light crude (WTI) listed on Nymex lost 8 cents, or 0.1%, to $69.84 per barrel. At around 7:45am, the May contract for North Sea Brent traded in London sold 9 cents, or 0.1%, to 73.25