This Monday, June 16, 2025, as investors monitor the attacks between Israel and Iran, European stock exchanges are expected to open slightly lower on Monday.

The car manufacturer Renault announced on Sunday evening that its CEO, Luca de Meo, had decided to leave the group after five years as CEO.

Luca de Meo has decided to leave his position “in order to take on new challenges outside the automotive sector”, Renault explained in a statement. The manager will continue to hold office until the date of his effective departure, which is 15 July.

According to press reports, the 58-year-old Italian leader is expected to join Kering. François-Henri Pinault, majority shareholder and current CEO of Kering, has indeed decided to overhaul the governance of the luxury group by maintaining only the presidency of the board of directors, Challenge magazine recently reported

Still in business news, bioMérieux announced on Monday that it had reached an agreement to acquire the solutions and technologies of the American infectious disease diagnostics company Day Zero Diagnostics. The in vitro diagnostics specialist will acquire these assets for a total amount of less than 25 million dollars, about 21.7 million euros

Groupe ADP will publish its traffic figures in May after the close of the Paris Stock Exchange. The Paris Air Show opens its doors on Monday for a week

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

European index futures fell slightly on Monday morning, as Israel and Iran continue their air attacks, maintaining a sense of uncertainty in global markets. At around 7:40am, the DAX 40 futures contract in Frankfurt lost 0.1%, while the FTSE 100 in London was stable, according to data from

In Asia, the Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 0.9% on Monday at the end of trading. The Shanghai Composite Index rose by 0.2%, as did the Hang Seng on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

Sirens sounded across Israel early Monday, warning of a new wave of missiles from Iran, a day after the Israeli military said it had hit dozens of targets in Iran.

Wall Street closed sharply on Friday after Israel attacked Iran, which caused oil prices to soar.

The Dow Jones Index fell by 1.8%, to 42,197.79 points, and the S&P 500 fell by 1.1%, to 5,976.97 points. The Nasdaq Composite, rich in technology stocks, closed down 1.3% to 19,406.83 points. For the whole week, the DJIA fell by 1.3%, the S&P 500 lost 0.4% and the Nasdaq 0.6%

This confidence index was 60.5 points, according to the preliminary estimate in June, after falling to 52.2 in May. This is the first improvement observed in six months, after a start to the year marked by uncertainties about the Trump administration's customs policy

Black gold prices rose again on Monday morning. Around 7:40am, the August North Sea Brent contract listed in London took 66 cents, or 0.9%, to 74.89 dollars per barrel. The July contract for light sweet crude (WTI) listed on Nymex was worth 81 cents, or 1.1%, at 73.80 dollars per barrel. Oil prices should be further supported by tensions in the Middle East, explains Priyanka Sachdeva, an analyst at Phillip Nova. Crude oil prices jumped by more than 18% this month, driven by firm demand and growing geopolitical uncertainty, the analyst said

US Treasury yields rose on Monday morning, amid continued market uncertainty. Around 7:40am, the 10-year US Treasury bond rate rose 2.6 basis points to 4.43%. The two-year stock rate rose 2.1 basis points to 3.98%