European stock exchanges are expected to increase at the start of Wednesday, as trade negotiations continue and the mega-budget bill wanted by United States President Donald Trump has been passed in the Senate am& Acute; rican.

The French car market fell by 8.7% in the first half of the year. According to figures published on Tuesday evening by the Plateforme Automobile, the body representing the automotive sector in France.

The online payments specialist Worldline will launch independent audits after the suspicions of fraudulent transactions revealed last week in the press, announced the group's managers in an interview with Les Echos newspaper published on Tuesday. evening.

The food group Danone announced Tuesday evening that it had completed the acquisition of a “majority stake” in Kate Farms, an American company specializing in the distribution of medical nutrition products based on ingredients organic products of vegetable origin. Financial details and the precise participation in this company, founded in 2012, were not disclosed. This transaction was originally announced in May.
The real estate company specializing in logistics platforms Argan confirmed its rental income target for 2025 on Tuesday evening, after registering growth in its activity in the second quarter. For the period from April to June, Argan's rental income stood at 52.9 million euros, up 6% over one year.
At around 7:40am, the CAC 40 futures contract grew by 0.5%, according to data from broker IG.

While investors keep an eye on the evolution of trade negotiations, futures on European equity markets rose on Wednesday morning. According to data from broker IG, the DAX 40 futures contract in Frankfurt rose by 0.4%, while the FTSE 100 in London rose by 0.3%, around 7:40

On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump said he was “not considering” extending the deadline for trade agreements, with tariffs set to take effect next week. US administration officials trying to negotiate multiple deals have sometimes contradicted each other on goals and timelines, and Donald Trump has also muddled the waters. This chaotic situation has left Japan and other countries in uncertainty about what the White House wants or when to sign a deal. So far, the US administration has only concluded a limited trade agreement with the United Kingdom and has reached a tariff truce with China.
The New York Stock Exchange closed without direction on Tuesday, the day after new records set by the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite. Supported by the health sector, the Dow Jones index still rose by 0.9% to 44,494.94 points, but the expanded S&P 500 index fell 0.1% to 6,198.01 points. The Nasdaq Composite, rich in technology stocks, ended down 0.8% to 20,202.89 points.
In Asia, the Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell by 0.5% on Wednesday at the end of trading. The Shanghai Composite Index fell by 0.3%, while the Hang Seng rose by 0.5% on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange after a

The two-year stock rate was almost unchanged at 3.79%. At around 7:40am, the 10-year US Treasury bond rate was up 1 basis point (0.01 percentage point), to 4.25%.

Philip Wee of DBS Group Research. Donald Trump announced that Donald Trump “is constantly pressuring the Fed to lower rates.” He also said he had reduced the number of potential candidates to replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell to two or three when his term ends in May 2026. Philip Wee believes that “markets fear that the appointment of a shadow Fed chairman could undermine the independence of the Fed, a pillar of the global status of the dollar.”

Around 7:40 a.m., the euro lost 0.1% to $1.1795. The greenback gained 0.2% against the Japanese currency, to 143.64

The August contract for soft light crude (WTI) listed on Nymex took 3 cents (+0.05%), at $65.48 per barrel. At around 7:40am, the September North Sea Brent contract listed in London gained 6 cents, or 0.1%, to $67.17