European stock exchanges are expected to rise slightly at the start of Monday as investors continue to monitor trade negotiations between the United States and its main partners.

On Friday evening, the electrical infrastructure specialist Legrand announced the signing with seven banks, against six previously, of a new agreement to amend and extend its multi-currency syndicated loan. The nominal amount of this revolving credit has been increased to 1.05 billion euros, against 900 million euros previously, and its maturity extended until June 2030, with options for renewal until

The manufacturer of seamless pipes Vallourec for its part announced on Monday that it had received an order that it describes as “important” from the oil and gas group Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) from the oil and gas group Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) for more than 30,000 tons of carbon steel tubes.

Pharmaceutical group Sanofi announced on Monday that the Japanese Ministry of Health has granted orphan drug designation to riliprubart for the treatment of people with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP).
At around 7:40am, the CAC 40 futures contract grew by 0.2%, according to data from broker IG.

This morning, futures contracts on European equity markets are increasing overall, while optimism remains on the trade issue after the announcement of the resumption of negotiations between the United States and Canada.

According to data from broker IG, the DAX 40 futures contract in Frankfurt rose by 0.3%, while the FTSE 100 in London was stable, around 7:40 am.

Canada announced Sunday evening that it was cancelling a tax on digital services in order to save trade talks with the United States after the American president decided on Friday to suspend negotiations.
Donald Trump explained this decision by the entry into force of a new Canadian tax on online advertising.

This Monday, Canada's Department of Finance was expected to collect billions of dollars from American tech companies. The payments were due on that date under a digital services tax put in place last year under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

According to the Prime Minister's Office spokesperson, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke to Donald Trump on Sunday. The two leaders decided to continue trade discussions with the aim of reaching an agreement by 21 July.
For its part, the British government announced on Monday the entry into force today of the trade agreement concluded in May between the United Kingdom and the United States, which includes a reduction in customs duties on the automotive and aeronautical sectors.

Encouraged by the progress made by the United States in trade negotiations with China and other major partners, the New York Stock Exchange closed higher on Friday.

Both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite managed to set new historical records despite the air gap caused at the end of the session by the announcement of the end of the session by the announcement of the end of negotiations with Canada.

The Dow Jones Index closed up 1%, at 43,819.27 points, remaining just a few blocks away from the 45,000 point threshold reached last December. On the other hand, the S&P 500 set its first record since February, gaining 0.5% to 6,173.07 points. The Nasdaq Composite, rich in technological stocks, rose 0.5% to 20,273.46 points. The big names in technology were particularly sought after: Amazon won 2.9%, Alphabet 2.2% and Nvidia 1.8%. For the whole week, the DJIA rose by 3.8%, the S&P 500 by 3.4% and the Nasdaq

In Asia, the Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange gained 0.9% on Monday at the end of trading. The Shanghai Composite Index rose by 0.4%, while the Hang Seng of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange lost 0.3%.

The two-year stock rate was almost unchanged at 3.75%. At around 7:40am, the 10-year US Treasury bond rate was stable at 4.28%