This Tuesday morning September 16, 2025, European stock exchanges are expected to open slightly higher. However, The Fed is starting its two-day monetary policy meeting.

The distributor Rubis announced on Tuesday that it had entered into discussions about petroleum products. very preliminary concerning possible capital transactions. The The group reacted to press reports released on Monday according to which it was the subject of expressions of interest from the CVC fund and the commodity giant Trafigura.

BNP Bank Paribas announced on Tuesday that it expects a rate of return on equity tangible (ROTE) by 13% as early as 2028, i.e. halfway through its future medium-term plan term 2027-2030 which will be announced in early 2027.

The airport operator On Monday evening, Groupe ADP announced that its traffic had increased by 3% over one year. in August 2025. Overall, attendance exceeded observed levels before the Covid-19 pandemic, with the notable exception of Paris-CDG, the main group airport.

Around 7:45, the The CAC 40 futures contract is stable, according to data from broker IG.

Contracts to Futures on European equity markets rose on Tuesday at the start of the day, as investors await the start of a cycle of rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.

Around 7:45, the DAX 40 futures contract in Frankfurt was up 0.1%, as was The one on the FTSE 100 in London, according to Factset data.

The clues American stock markets rose on Monday, driven by growing support for technology companies and by signs of economic convergence between the United States and China.

“The developments in negotiations between the United States and China have given The green light for investors looking for positive signs in the run-up to a week when the Fed will almost certainly cut interest rates,” judges Dan Ives, analyst at Wedbush Securities.

The S&P 500 and The Nasdaq rose to new all-time highs on Monday. The Dow Index Jones ended the session with a short rise of 0.1%, at 45,883.45 points, and The S&P 500 rose by 0.5% to 6,615.28 points. The Nasdaq Composite, rich in technological stocks, gained 0.9%, to 22,348.75 points. The session has in particular, it was marked by the crossing of the 3,000 billion threshold Dollars in market capitalization by Google's parent company, Alphabet (+4.3%).

In Asia, the Tokyo stock market rose by 0.5% at the end of trading on Tuesday, after a public holiday Monday. The Shanghai Composite Index fell by 0.1%, while the Hang Seng of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange was at breakeven at the end of trading.

Traders await the Fed's decision - which should result in the first 2025 interest rate cuts - to look for signs of the next one orientation of the central bank.

The committee of Fed monetary policy (the FOMC) could decide that it is behind schedule and start catching up with him in terms of interest rates this week, estimates Steve Englander, Head of G-10 Currency Research and macroeconomic strategy for North America at Standard Chartered.

Around 7:45, the The yield on the 10-year US Treasury bond is almost stable, at 4.04%. The two-year bond rate is also unchanged at 3.55%.

Around 7:45, the euro rose 0.1% against the dollar to 1.1775 dollars. The greenback lost 0.2% against The Japanese currency, at 147.06 yen.

Contracts to Oil futures rose on Tuesday at the start of the day, supported by risks of supply disruptions. Ukraine has intensified its attacks against Russian energy infrastructure, ANZ said. A drone attack has hit the Russian Kinef refinery, which has an annual processing capacity of more than 20 million tons.

Around 7:45, the November contract on North Sea Brent traded in London gained 9 cents, or 0.1%, to 67.52 dollars per barrel. The October light crude contract Sweet (WTI) traded on Nymex gained 16 cents, or 0.3%, to $62.92 per barrel.