At the start of a week that will be dominated through corporate earnings publications in Europe and the PCE index Inflation in the United States, European stock markets should open slightly Rise on Monday.

IG broker data mentions that the CAC 40 futures contract gained 0.3%, around 08:00.

Investors will be watching this week a series of quarterly results including those of Air Liquide, Carrefour, Orange, Air France-KLM or even Pernod Ricard.

The pharmaceutical group Sanofi a announced on Monday that a study showed that infants vaccinated against respiratory syncitial virus (RSV) during their first season using sound Beyfortus vaccine had fewer hospitalizations for this disease during their second season.

The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced on Friday to impose a penalty of 7.5 million euros on Credit Agricultural, accusing the bank for not having responded quickly enough to requirements for the assessment of certain climate and environmental risks in 2024.

Like the Chinese stock exchanges that celebrate the Lunar New Year, contracts Futures on European indices are trading hesitantly on Monday, while Wall Street will remain closed.

Around 08:00, the futures contract on the DAX 40 rose by 0.3% and the one on the FTSE 100 rose 0.2%.

European indexes reached new highs last week and held up relatively well to the Wall Street correction. However, they could be won in turn by fears related to the repercussions of artificial intelligence (AI) across different sectors.

In Asia, the Nikkei Index of the Stock Exchange of Tokyo lost 0.2% at the end of trading on Monday.
The Japanese economy narrowly returned to growth last year quarter 2025, largely resistant to the impact of customs tariffs United States and giving the central bank room to manoeuvre to continue to raise its rates.
At a quarterly rate, real gross domestic product grew by 0.1% over the October-December period, reversing a contraction of 0.7% in the quarter previous, according to preliminary government data released on Monday. Ce This figure is lower than the 0.4% increase expected by economists.

After the GDP figures for the fourth Quarter, the yield on the 10-year Japanese bond was almost stable, at 2.21%.

Returns in Europe were maintained also in balance. The American Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, insisted on the the ties that unite Europe and the United States during a speech Saturday at the Munich Security Conference, without however mentioning NATO and by only talking very briefly about the war in Ukraine.

The greenback gained 0.3% against the Japanese currency, at 153.13 yen. At around 7:55am, the euro was stable against the banknote green, at 1.1870 dollars.

Despite a volatile global environment, leaving the door open for a further tightening of monetary conditions by the central bank, the economic recovery should boost the confidence of the Bank of Japan in the domestic cycle.

But some economists believe that the recovery was so timid in the fourth quarter that it could justify the Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's pursuit of more public spending aggressive.

While Iran and the United States are due to resume their discussions on the Iranian nuclear program on Tuesday, oil prices are moving at the margin.

The March light crude contract Soft (WTI) listed on Nymex, for its part, remained stable at 62.91 dollars per barrel. Vers 7:55am, the April North Sea Brent contract listed in London was stable at $67.75 per barrel.

ANZ analysts say that some members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) believe that the group has the possibility of resuming increases in the offer in April, according to press reports.

A meeting of OPEC members is scheduled for March 1 to discuss their agreement on the offer, noted the analysts.