European stock exchanges are expected to register in the green on Wednesday at the opening, as US President Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs on copper to 50% and tariffs on pharmaceutical products to 200%.

The European aeronautics and defense group Airbus announced on Tuesday that it delivered 63 planes to 35 customers in June and received 203 gross orders last month. In the first six months of the year, Airbus delivered a total of 306 aircraft to 65 customers.

Facebook's parent company, Meta Platforms, has taken nearly 3% of the capital of the eyewear and prescription lens manufacturer EssilorLuxottica, according to information from Reuters and Bloomberg. Meta and EssilorLuxottica are collaborating on smart glasses with artificial intelligence. At the end of June, the two groups announced the launch of a new range of glasses of this type under the Oakley brand

The US Department of Defense announced on Tuesday that it had placed an order worth up to 2.85 billion dollars (about 2.43 billion euros) from CFM International, a joint venture between Safran and GE Aerospace.

Crédit Agricole Assurances, the bank-insurer of the Crédit Agricole banking group, announced on Tuesday the launch of an accelerated investment aimed at selling all of its stake (around 3.3%) in the gaming and Coincidence FDJ United.

Around 7:40am, the CAC 40 futures contract was up by 0.4%, according to data from broker IG.

Early on Wednesday, European equity market futures were up, ignoring US President Donald Trump's tough talk about trade. He threatened to impose a very high customs tariff on copper imports (50%) and pharmaceutical products (200%). Donald Trump also assured that he would maintain his last deadline of August 1 for trade agreements

At around 7:40am, the DAX 40 futures contract in Frankfurt was up 0.1%, as was the FTSE 100 in London, according to data from broker IG.

Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he could send a letter to the European Union in the next two days, threatening to impose high tariffs on the block if it does not reach an agreement with the United States. The American president indicated that he was unhappy with European policies towards American technology companies

The New York Stock Exchange remained under pressure on Tuesday for the second straight trading session after another round of statements by Donald Trump about the tariffs he plans to implement. The Dow Jones index closed down 0.4% on Tuesday, at 44,240.76 points, and the S&P 500 lost 0.1%, to 6,225.52 points. On the other hand, the Nasdaq Composite, rich in technological stocks, jumped 0.03% to 20,418.46 points.

In Asia, the Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange gained 0.2% on Wednesday at the end of trading. The Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.4%, while the Hang Seng fell by 1% on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

The two-year stock rate was also up 1 basis point to 3.91%. At around 7:40am, the 10-year US Treasury bond rate was up 1 basis point (0.01 percentage point) to 4.42%.

The greenback gained 0.3% against the Japanese currency, at 146.95 yen. Around 7:40 a.m., the euro lost 0.1% to 1.1718 dollars.

The August contract for soft light crude (WTI) listed on Nymex sold 10 cents (-0.2%) at 64.12 dollars per barrel. Around 7:40 a.m., the September contract for North Sea Brent traded in London lost 16 cents, or 0.2%, to 69.99