While Hamas and Israel reached an agreement on Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, the Bourses European markets are expected to open downwards on Thursday. In France, the president of Republic must name a new prime minister by Friday evening.

The engineering and technology consulting group Alten announced on Thursday that it was separating the functions of president and chief executive officer. and appoint Christophe Malargé as Director General. Sopra Steria had announced Wednesday evening that Cyril Malargé was leaving his duties as director general of the IT services company in order to “pursue a new opportunity.” The process of appointing a successor has been launched, Sopra Steria said in a press release.

The European aeronautics and defense group Airbus announced on Wednesday evening that it delivered 73 planes to 41 customers in September and having received 10 gross orders last month. During the first nine During the month of the year, Airbus delivered a total of 507 aircraft to 79 customers.

Railway equipment manufacturer Alstom announced Wednesday evening, the appointment of Martin Sion as CEO of beginning on April 1, 2026.

At around 7:40am, the CAC 40 futures contract was down by 0.1%, according to IG broker data.

France is still facing a major crisis politics. The resigning Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced Wednesday evening on France 2, at the end of a two-day mission to find a compromise with the various political parties in order to form a government, which the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron was going to appoint a new prime minister within 48 hours, thus alienating for now the specter of dissolution.

This Thursday, the futures contracts on the markets shares point to a downward trend in Europe.

According to data from the broker IG, the futures contract on the DAX 40 in Frankfurt was stable, while the one on the FTSE 100 at London fell by 0.4%, around 7:40am.

Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement that provides the release of all Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip, this which is a first step towards peace after two years of war in the Palestinian territory.

US President Donald Trump said that the hostages would soon be released and Israel would withdraw its troops from the Gaza Strip to redeploy them to an agreed area. This announcement is a major step forward after eight months of stalled negotiations. since taking office, bringing Donald Trump closer to one of his main foreign policy goals, namely ending the war in Gaza.

The New York Stock Exchange recovered on Wednesday after its correction the day before, allowing the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to rise to new historic highs. The Dow Jones Index stayed close to The balance, at 46,601.78 points, while the S&P 500 gained 0.6%, at 6,753.72 points. The Nasdaq Composite, rich in technological values, has closed up by 1.1% to 23,043.38 points.

On the side of American companies, Pepsico and Delta Air Lines is due to report third-quarter results this Thursday.

For its part, China decided on the night of Wednesday to Thursday to impose new restrictions on exports of rare earths for dual civil and military use.

In Asia, the Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose 1.5% at the end of the session on Thursday. After three days of closure of markets, the Shanghai Composite Index of the Shanghai Stock Exchange rose by 1%. The Hang Seng on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, which was closed only on Tuesday and on Wednesday, fell by 0.1%.

The two-year title rate is unchanged at 3.59%. Vers 7:40 a.m., the 10-year US Treasury bond rate gains 1 point base (0.01 percentage point), at 4.13%.

The greenback lost 0.1% against the Japanese currency, at 152.55 yen. Vers 7:40 a.m., the euro gained 0.1% to 1.1643 dollars.

Penalized by a greater than expected increase in oil inventories crude oil in the United States, in a context of rising production and imports, oil futures fell in Asia.

Agency data Energy Information Survey (EIA) showed that commercial stocks of crude oil, excluding strategic oil reserves, increased by 3.7 million of barrels during the week ending October 3. Analysts expected to an increase of 700,000 barrels.
Around 7:40 a.m., the December contract on North Sea Brent traded in London gained 7 cents, or 0.1%, to $66.32 per barrel. The November contract on soft light crude (WTI) listed on Nymex was stable at $62.56 per barrel.