The stock markets Europeans should mostly open in positive territory, in a context marked by the expected announcement on Friday of Donald Trump's choice for the presidency of the American Federal Reserve (Fed), while the earnings season Quarterly reports continue on both sides of the Atlantic.

The growth of Gross domestic product (GDP) stood at 0.9% on average in 2025, after increases of 1.1% in 2024 and 1.6% in 2023, INSEE said on Friday. La growth slowed to 0.2% in the fourth quarter, due in particular to a household consumption fell in December.
In business news, the engineering and Technology consultancy Alten was a bit more optimistic on Thursday evening. for its operating margin objective for 2025, after achieving annual revenues were down but in line with analysts' expectations.
The highway company APRR, a subsidiary of Eiffage, announced on Thursday evening of a 2.9% increase in its turnover excluding construction in 2025 compared to 2024, in a context of increasing vehicle traffic light and heavy trucks.
The industrial laundry group Elis has revealed a figure sales in 2025 grew by 4.9% to 4.797 billion euros and indicated that its results would be in line with its objectives.
The satellite operator Eutelsat announced on Thursday evening that the sale of part of its ground infrastructure to the Swedish investment fund In the end, EQT won't succeed.
Around 7:45am, the CAC 40 futures contract gained 0.2%, according to IG broker data.

Futures contracts on the main European markets evolve in scattered order.

Around 7:45, the contract Futures on the DAX 40 in Frankfurt rose by 0.5% while that on the FTSE 100 in London was stable, according to data from the broker IG.

Donald Trump said That he would announce this Friday the name of the next president of the Fed, the term of office of the current president, Jerome Powell, ending in May. Her choice could Focus on Kevin Warsh, a former Fed governor and advisor to George Bush, who would be preferred to Kevin Hassett, the current economic adviser from the White House, according to the American press.
In Asia, the Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 0.1% on Friday at the end of the session. The Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.9% and the Hang Seng lost 0.9% The Hong Kong Stock Exchange fell by 2%.

Around 7:45am, the rate of The 10-year US Treasury bond gained 3 basis points (0.03 points) percentage), at 4.27%. The two-year security rate took 1 basis point, to 3.58%.

Around 7:45, the euro fell 0.4% to $1.1920 after reaching a four-year high against the greenback.
The greenback has strengthened in the perspective that the American government is avoiding a “shutdown”, which could strengthen the attractiveness of American assets. Donald Trump and the Senate Democrats have declared on Thursday that an agreement had been reached to avoid a partial closure from the government and temporarily fund the Department of Security interior.
In addition, the recent reaffirmation by the Secretary of the Treasury American, Scott Bessent, a strong dollar policy helped to support the greenback, OCBC analysts say. However, the weakness of Dollar could extend if investors doubt that the “maximum uncertainty in American policy” has passed, they add.

The courses Oil prices fell after their sharp rise on Thursday.
Around 7:45 a.m., the March contract on North Sea Brent listed at London lost $1.25, or 1.8%, to $68.35 per barrel. The contract of March on soft light crude (WTI) listed on Nymex dropped 1.20 dollars, or 1.8%, at 64.22 dollars per barrel.

Iran remains in the center attention. The United States increased pressure on Tehran by sending this week a flotilla of warships in the Middle East. The diet of For his part, Mullahs warned that he planned to conduct an exercise this week. Next that would include live fire in the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic hub of global oil trade.