Manufacturing PMI indexes will be monitored as European stock markets are expected to open lower. The Eurostoxx 50 opens at 3,318.20 points (+1.19%), the CAC 40 at 5,762.34 points (+1.51%), the DAX 40 at 12,114.36 points (+1.16%), the FTSE 100 at 6,893.81 points (+0.18%), the SMI at 10,267.55 points (+1.39%), the AEX at 640.62 points (+1.18%), the SMI at 10,267.55 points (+1.39%), the AEX at 640.62 points (+1.18%), the SMI at 10,267.55 points (+1.39%), the AEX at 640.62 points (+1.18%) 2%), the BEL 20 at 3,370.21 points (+1.36%), the IBEX 35 at 7,366.80 points (+0.91%), the DJIA at 28,725.51 points (-1.71%), the Nasdaq at 10,575.62 points (-1.51%), the S&P 500 at 3,585.62 points (-1.51%) and the Nikkei 225 at 26,103.33 points (+0.64%).

With regard to exchange rates, the change since the close mentions that in New York, EUR/USD is at 0.9789 (-0.13%), EUR/JPY at 141.86 (-0.05%), USD/JPY at 144.92 (+0.14%).

On Monday, October 03, 2022, investors are paying attention to the final figures for the French manufacturing sector PMI in September. On September 23, preliminary data were published by S&P Global and showed the index at 47.8, its lowest level in 28 months, compared with 50.6 in August. In September, the market in France also reacted to the figures for new car registrations that rose by 5.5% in September compared to the same month in 2021.

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) announced that it had completed the sale of the Villeneuve 2 shopping center, located in the Lille region, to the Ceetrus property company on the evening of Friday, September 30.

In the wake of Wall Street's strong pullback on Friday, September 30, 2022, European equity markets are expected to open lower on Monday, October 03. Investors are waiting for a series of major economic indicators this week. This is the monthly report on employment in the United States, and a new meeting of the leaders of OPEC +, a group bringing together the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and ten allied countries led by Russia, on its production quotas. According to data from the IG Markets broker, the CAC 40 futures contract fell by 87 points, or 1.5%, at 7:35am. The FTSE 100 contract dropped 73 points, or 1.1%, and the DAX 40 contract lost 191 points, or 1.6%.

After the announcement of another marked increase in consumer prices in the United States in August, Wall Street ended in a strong fall on Friday, September 30. Also, throughout the third quarter, the main American indices fell sharply, penalized by the rise in interest rates and fears of an economic recession.

The S&P 500 broad-based index lost 1.5%, and the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.5% and the Dow Jones Index (DJIA) fell 1.7% on Friday. The P 500 dropped 2.7%, while the Dow Jones and Nasdaq indices lost more than 2.4% over the whole of the past week. In Asia, on Monday, October 3, the markets moved in a mixed order. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong fell by 1.7%, while the Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange gained 0.5% at the end of the session. Due to the country's National Day, financial markets will be closed all week in China.

After ending the third quarter sharply higher, US Treasury bond yields fell on Monday morning, October 3, 2022. According to Dow Jones Market Data, the two-year bond yield, which is particularly sensitive to changes in the Federal Reserve's monetary policy, increased 128.1 basis points in the third quarter and 408.7 basis points over the past seven quarters, which had not happened since 1982. The 10-year Treasury note rate, the market benchmark, increased by 9 basis points in the third quarter.

On Monday, October 3, 2022, in the morning, the euro changed little against the dollar. The pound sterling continues to fall against the greenback among the other major currencies. According to the MUFG Bank, even after the intervention of the Bank of England, which launched an emergency bond purchase program, the turmoil on the financial markets is still not over.

Supported by the prospect of a reduction in OPEC+ production, oil futures rose on the morning of Monday, October 3, 2022. Since the health crisis, the cartel could announce its biggest drop in production on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, in order to boost crude oil prices. However, this measure is likely to weigh on global growth. Indeed, the light sweet crude (WTI) contract listed on Nymex increased by $2.11 to $81.61 per barrel, while the North Sea Brent contract of the same maturity increased by $2.16 to $87.30 per barrel.