European equity markets expected higher after Wall Street's positive close. The Eurostoxx 50 opens at 4,149.06 points (+1.61%), the CAC 40 at 6,685.21 points (+1.33%), the DAX 40 at 15,462.72 points (+1.40%) , the FTSE 100 at 7,207.71 points (+0.92%), the SMI at 11,892.52 points (+0.66%), the AEX at 790.84 points (+1.71%), the BEL 20 at 4,203.02 points (+0.88%), the IBEX 35 at 8,925.00 points (+0.49%), the DJIA at 34,912.56 points (+1.56%), the Nasdaq at 14,823 .43 points (+1.73%), the S&P 500 at 4,438.26 points (+1.71%) and the Nikkei 225 at 29,013.21 points with an increase of 1.62%.

Regarding the exchange rate, the variation compared to the close in New York indicates that the EUR/USD opens at 1.1611 (+0.09%), the EUR/JPY at 132.28 (+0.33%) and USD/JPY at 113.96 (+0.24%).

The specialist in dematerialized IT services OVHcloud announced Thursday evening that it had raised 350 million euros on the occasion of its listing on Euronext Paris. Based on the IPO price of 18.50 euros per share - at the bottom of the indicative range - OVHcloud's market capitalization amounts to around 3.5 billion euros, which makes it the most big IPO of the year in Paris. The start of trading of the shares on the regulated market of Euronext Paris in the form of promises of shares will take place on Friday, while the settlement-delivery of the shares will take place on October 18. The operator of gambling and gambling La Française des Jeux (FDJ) for its part announced Thursday that its turnover had registered at 529 million euros in the third quarter, increasing by 5% compared to in the corresponding period of 2020, while its stakes increased by 4%, to 4.5 billion euros. The group has confirmed its outlook for the 2021 financial year.

European equity markets are expected to continue to rise on Friday after the positive close of the New York Stock Exchange, which saw the S&P 500 index register its biggest rise in more than seven months on Thursday. Around 7:15 a.m., the CAC 40 futures contract took 26.8 points, or 0.4%, according to data from broker IG Markets. The contract on the DAX gained 61 points, or 0.4%, and that on the FTSE 100 gained 19.7 points, or 0.3%.

The New York Stock Exchange closed sharply higher on Thursday, after a first set of quarterly results in the banking sector and the announcement of a drop in jobless claims in the United States, which fell last week to their lowest level. level since the start of the pandemic. The trend was also supported on Thursday by a slowdown in producer prices in the United States, which rose 0.5% over one month in September, after rising 0.7% in August. Economists on average had expected an increase of 0.6% last month. In Asia, the main stock exchanges are gaining ground on Friday. At the end of the session, the Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange advanced by 1.6% and the Shanghai Composite index took 0.2%. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange, closed Thursday for a public holiday, rose 0.9%.

Yields on US Treasury bonds rose on Friday morning, after falling sharply the day before. Ten- and 30-year yields hit their lowest levels in weeks, while the two-year rate saw its biggest one-day drop since Oct. 1. At 7:10 a.m., the yield on the ten-year US Treasury bond, the market benchmark, stood at 1.525%, compared to 1.516% on Thursday at the close.

The euro appreciated Friday morning against the dollar and the yen. The greenback is also gaining ground against the Japanese currency, which is suffering from investors' appetite for risk. Thursday's rise on Wall Street, lower jobless claims and a lower-than-expected price index in the United States are prompting traders to take more risk, IG said.

Oil futures rose on Friday morning after a news report that Saudi Arabia rejected calls to increase supply from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+). In addition, the International Energy Agency has indicated that natural gas prices could lead to increased demand for oil from power producers, which contributes to higher oil prices, believes Phillip Securities Research. As of 7:20 a.m., the December North Sea Brent contract was up 61 cents, at $84.61 a barrel. The November contract on Nymex-listed light sweet crude (WTI) took 53 cents to $81.84 a barrel.