After Moody's downgraded the American debt rating, European equity markets are expected to open on Monday in scattered order.

JPMorgan on Monday downgraded its recommendation on the stock of the pan-European stock exchange operator Euronext from “overweight” to “neutral” and maintained its price target of 143 euros.

The banking group BNP Paribas announced on Monday the launch of the share buy-back program scheduled for 2025 for a maximum amount of 1.084 billion euros.

Channel Tunnel Manager Getlink announced on Monday the suspension for two weeks of the ElecLink interconnection, an electrical cable that connects the United Kingdom and France through the Channel Tunnel.

Around 7:50 a.m., the CAC 40 futures contract sold for 0.1%, according to data from broker IG.

On the political level, France is organizing the 8th Choose France Summit, with 37 billion euros in foreign investment projects in France that will be announced, including 20 billion euros in new projects.

As traders digest the downgrade of American sovereign debt from AAA to Aa1 by Moody's on Friday, stock futures suggest a slightly lower opening at the start of the week. Moody's was the last major credit rating agency to downgrade American debt. According to data from the broker IG, the DAX 40 futures contract in Frankfurt fell by 0.1%, while the FTSE 100 in London dropped 0.3%, around 7:50am.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent rejected Moody's demotion on Sunday during an interview, saying that the rating agency's decision is “a lagging indicator.” For Bessent, “trillions of dollars are coming to the United States

The New York Stock Exchange ended higher on Friday after a successful week after the relief provided by the trade truce between the United States and China. The Dow Jones index closed up 0.8% to 42,654.74 points. The S&P 500 posted a fifth session of gains and advanced 0.7% to 5,958.38 points, and the Nasdaq 100, rich in technology stocks,

At the end of trading on Monday, the Nikkei 225 index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 0.7% in Asia.

The two-year stock rate is down 2 basis points to 4.00%. At around 7:50am, the 10-year US Treasury bond rate was up 3 basis points (0.03 percentage points) to 4.51%

The greenback lost 0.2% against the Japanese currency, to 145.29 yen. Around 7:50am, the euro rose by 0.1% to 1.1179 dollars.

The June contract for soft light crude (WTI) listed on Nymex sold 33 cents, or 0.5%, to $61.64 per barrel. Around 7:50 a.m., the July contract for North Sea Brent traded in London lost 32 cents, or 0.5%, to $65.08