European stock exchanges are expected to fall on Friday at the opening, while the United States announced that it wanted to impose a customs tariff of 35% for Canada and 50% for Brazil.

The Directorate-General for Armaments (DGA) has awarded a contract worth up to 250 million euros to Airbus Defence and Space, the defense and space division of the aircraft manufacturer Airbus, for the production of simulators for the training of cyber fighters, the ministry said Thursday of the Armies.

The final figures on inflation in June will be published this Thursday at 8:45am by INSEE.

The engineering group for the energy industry Technip Energies announced on Friday that it had won a “major contract” from an unidentified customer to carry out the preliminary activities of a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit in Africa. At Technip Energies, a “major contract” represents between 250 million and 500 million euros in turnover.

Around 7:40 a.m., the CAC 40 futures contract was down 0.1%, according to data from broker IG.

Around 7:40 a.m., the DAX 40 futures contract in Frankfurt lost 0.3%, while the FTSE 100 in London was almost stable, according to data from broker IG.

On tariffs against Canada, a White House official clarified that an exemption for goods that comply with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement would still apply. However, analysts specializing in trade relationships are not optimistic. According to Julia Webster, a lawyer specializing in international trade at the Toronto-based law firm Baker McKenzie, “it is unlikely that a tariff-free trade relationship between the United States and Canada will continue

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq reached new all-time highs on Thursday as investors bet on a good earnings season to offset the risks of escalating tariffs. The Dow Jones index came close to its last historic high by rising by 0.4%, to 44,650.64 points, and the S&P 500 gained 0.3%, to 6,280.46 points. The Nasdaq Composite surpassed its previous record with a gain of 0.1% to 20,630.66

In Asia, the Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange jumped 0.1% on Friday at the end of trading. The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.8%, while the Hang Seng rose 1.7% on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Around 7:40 a.m., the 10-year US Treasury bond rate rose two basis points (0.02 percentage points) to 4.37%. The two-year bond yield was stable at 3.88%.

The dollar strengthened. Hopes of a fall in the US key rate faded after the release of statistics on weekly unemployment claims that fell to their lowest level in nearly two months last week. According to analysts at CIMB Group, data on initial claims for unemployment benefits in the United States released on Thursday generated “some optimism about the resilience of the labor market.” CIMB believes that restrictive remarks by St. Louis Fed Chairman Alberto Musalem, who warned of a possible increase in inflation, also boosted the

Around 7:40 a.m., the euro lost 0.2% to 1.1681 dollars. The greenback gained 0.4% against the Japanese currency, to 146.90

The August contract for soft light crude (WTI) listed on Nymex sold 4 cents (-0.1%), to 62.90 dollars per barrel.
At around 7:40am, the September contract for North Sea Brent traded in London gained 27 cents, or 0.4%, to 68.91