Before the release of the employment report no Agricultural markets in the United States for January, expected in the afternoon European markets are expected to open slightly higher on Wednesday.

TotalEnergies must publish its annual results Wednesday in pre-opening. EssilorLuxottica, Michelin and Rexel will publish their results of 2025 after the close of the Paris Stock Exchange.

Software publisher Dassault Systèmes presented Wednesday prudent financial goals for 2026, while its results came out at the bottom of its forecasts and below expectations analysts in the fourth quarter of 2025 as well as for the full year.

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

After the new record set by the Dow Jones on Tuesday On Wall Street, European index futures are in all well oriented this morning.

According to data from the broker IG, the futures contract on the DAX 40 in Frankfurt gained 0.2%, as did the FTSE 100 in London, at around 7:40am. The New York Stock Exchange closed in scattered order on Tuesday, but the Dow Index Jones narrowly surpassed his record the day before, at the end of a session marked by the appearance of questions about the strength of the consumption across the Atlantic.

The Dow Jones gained 0.1%, to 50,188,14 points, while the S&P 500 lost 0.3% to 6,941.81 points. The Nasdaq Composite, rich in technological stocks, lost 0.6%, to 23,102.47 points.

According to statistics released on Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Commerce, retail sales stalled in December in the United States.

While economists were counting on a up by 0.4%, this indicator remained stable compared to November.
Bond yields relaxed in response to this release, but two Federal Reserve (Fed) officials, Beth Hammack and Lorie Logan, called for rates to be maintained at their current level in order to contain inflation.
Lorie Logan, the president of the Dallas Fed, said on Tuesday that the monetary policy was well suited to the current risks in the economy, a a sign that it might be reluctant to support a rate cut when of the next meetings of the American Central Bank.

Speaking at a financial conference at Austin, Texas, Lorie Logan reported that the current rate level was at Pretty much correct for an economy that experiences both inflation persistent and a gradual slowdown in the labor market.
For her part, Beth Hammack, the president of the Cleveland Fed, said on Tuesday that the Fed could be patient while it assesses the effect of recent rate cuts.
In Asia, the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.2% at the end of the session, while The Hang Seng on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange rose by 0.3%. The Tokyo Stock Exchange is closed on Wednesday.

After the announcement of disappointing retail sales and on the eve of publication From the January employment report, Treasury bond rates American prices fell on Tuesday, for the second consecutive session. The rate at ten ended the session at 4.15%, and that at two years, at 3.46%.
Economists expect the United States to have created 55,000 jobs net last month, compared to 50,000 in December. They expect a rate of unemployment unchanged at 4.4% and hourly wages generally stable.

The greenback fell by 0.9% against the Japanese currency, to 153.06 yen. Vers 7:40 a.m., the euro rose by 0.2% to 1.1917 dollars.

While the market awaits the continuation of discussions between the United States and Iran, the futures contracts on oil prices are increasing this morning, while the Israeli Prime Minister, Benyamin Netanyahu, is going to Washington on Wednesday to publicize the Israel's position.
Around 7:40 a.m., the April contract on North Sea Brent listed in London rose 38 cents, or 0.6%, to $69.18 per barrel. The March contract On soft light crude (WTI) listed on Nymex, rose 42 cents, or 0.7%, to 64.38 dollars per barrel.

In his latest market forecasts oil tanker, the EIA indicated that it assumed that the production of Iran's oil would remain stable, but acknowledged that “actions aimed at oil infrastructure or a conflict affecting flows through the Strait of Hormuz could obviously reduce production and exports Middle Eastern oil.”