At the start of a week that will be marked by the Federal Reserve (Fed) monetary policy meeting, the Exchanges European markets are expected to open close to breakeven on Monday, while the price of Gold will be monitored after crossing the 5,000 dollar mark last night the ounce.

While some local security authorities food are changing their recommendations, the agri-food group Danone announced on Friday the recall of several cases of infant milk, especially in France.

ID Logistics will publish its turnover for fourth quarter on Monday after the close of the Paris Stock Exchange.

The Irish Food Safety Authority, the Food Safety Authority (FSA) of Ireland, said in a statement on Friday that Danone was recalling infant formulas “made in Ireland” and exported to several countries in the EU, the United Kingdom and countries third party”, due to the “potential presence of cereulide”, a toxin that can cause poisoning. This recall is related to an ingredient contaminated, which was also involved in the recent recall of some batches of infant milk by Nestlé, specified the FSA.

At around 7:40am, the CAC 40 futures contract gained 0.1%, according to data from IG broker.

This morning, while the political news in United States could encourage investors to be cautious, contracts to The term on European indices is not changing very much. According to data from the broker IG, the DAX 40 futures contract in Frankfurt was down 0.1%, while the FTSE 100 in London rose by 0.1%, around 7:40am.

Last night, the gold price crossed for the The first time the threshold of 5,000 dollars per ounce, while the fears of a New partial closure of American federal administrations (“shutdown”) are maintaining the surge in the precious metal. Around 7:40, An ounce of gold rose 1.9% to $5,073.10, according to MarketWatch.

The precious metal broke records during over the past year, investors turned to safe-haven assets in a context of anxiety linked to geopolitical tensions and the turmoil of stock markets.

The New York Stock Exchange closed without direction Claire on Friday after two rebound sessions, but tech stocks remained on the right track despite the disappointing forecasts of the flea giant Intel, whose shares fell by 17%.

Braked by Goldman Sachs (-3.8%) and Caterpillar (-3.4%), the Dow Jones index fell by 0.6, to 49,098.71 points. The S&P 500 rose very slightly (+0.03%), to 6,915.61 points, and the Nasdaq Composite, rich in technological stocks, gained 0.3% to 23,501.24 dots. For the whole week, the Dow Jones lost 0.5%, the S&P 500 lost 0.4% and Nasdaq lost less than 0.1%.

On the trade side, Donald Trump warned on Saturday that the United States would impose 100% tariffs on all goods and products Canadians entering the United States if “Canada enters into an agreement with the China.”
Donald Trump indicated on Truth Social that if the Prime Minister Canadian, Mark Carney, “thinks he will make Canada a 'port of 'disembarkation' for China to send goods and products to United States, he is seriously wrong.”

All eyes will be on Wednesday at the Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, who will be speaking to reporters after the announcement of the central bank's decision on rates. The markets, which expect the Fed to leave its rates unchanged, will monitor Comments by Jerome Powell to learn more about what bankers centers take into account in their thinking.

The Chief Economist for the United States at HSBC, Diane Swonk said in an interview that the Fed was “caught between hammer and anvil.” On the one hand, inflation is persistent. On the other hand, there doesn't seem to be any revenue growth to help strengthening the job market and driving the economy forward, she said explained.

Besides the Fed meeting, the week will be lively at Wall Street through the publication of the quarterly results of several major names in the tech industry, including Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and Tesla.

In Asia, the Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange gave up 1.8% at the end of trading on Monday. The Shanghai Composite Index was stable, just like the Hang Seng on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

The two-year stock exchange rate was down 1.1 points base, at 3.40%. Around 7:40 a.m., the US Treasury bond rate at Ten years lost 1.8 basis points, to 4.22%.

The greenback lost 0.7% against the currency Japanese, at 154.09 yen. At around 7:40am, the euro was stable at 1.1862 dollars.

This morning, oil futures rise. Around 7:40 a.m., the March contract on North Sea Brent listed at London gained 32 cents, or 0.5%, to $66.19 per barrel. The contract of March on soft light crude (WTI) listed on Nymex rose by 30 cents, or 0.5%, at $61.37 per barrel.

Crude oil prices have been volatile these last few days, with operators evaluating the probability of disruptions of flow.

Gregory Brew, Principal Analyst for Iran and energy at the consulting firm Eurasia Group said: “my base scenario is a slowdown, or even a drop, in production and Iranian oil exports.” According to him, a deterioration in domestic situation or a collapse of the regime would likely worsen these perspectives.

Gulf countries warned that the Iranian system Oil sales could collapse if the regime itself falls, according to Gulf delegates to the Organization of Exporting Countries of oil.