European equity markets are expected to recover at the opening today. The Eurostoxx 50 opens at 3,396.61 points (-1.66%), the CAC 40 at 5,915.41 points (-1.41%), the DAX 40 at 12,519.66 points (-1.86%), the FTSE 100 at 7,039.81 points (-1.63%), the SMI at 10,799.52 points (-0.97%), the AEX at 659.71 points (-0,63%), the SMI at 10,799.52 points (-0,97%), the AEX at 659.71 points (-0,63%). ,93%), the BEL 20 at 3,669.66 points (-1.34%), the IBEX 35 at 7,804.30 points (-1.77%), the DJIA at 30,630.17 points (-0.46%), the Nasdaq at 11,251.19 points (+0.03%), the S&P 500 at 3,790.38 points (-0.30%) and the Nikkei 225 at 26,790.05 points (+0.57%).

The change from the close in New York indicates that EUR/USD opens at 1.0032 (+0.12%), EUR/JPY at 139.42 (+0.15%), USD/JPY at 138.98 (+0.02%).

In France, the insurer Axa announced last night that its subsidiary Axa Germany had reached an agreement with the German insurer Athora Deutschland to sell it a portfolio of 16 billion euros in life insurance and pension contracts, for an amount of 660 million euros.

European equity markets are expected to recover at the opening today, after closing on Thursday in a sharp decline, amid the political crisis in Italy and disappointing quarterly results in the banking sector in the United States.

Around 7:40am, the CAC 40 futures contract gained 32.4 points, or 0.6%, according to data from broker IG Markets. The DAX 40 contract rose by 69.5 points, or 0.6%, and the FTSE 100 contract increased by 21.4 points, or 0.3%.

G20 finance ministers and central bankers begin a two-day meeting in Bali on Friday.

The New York Stock Exchange closed overall lower on Thursday, after breaking away from its low points during the session. The evolution of federal funds futures showed that the probability of a one percentage point increase in the Fed's key rate had fallen to 42 percent from 80 percent on Wednesday.

Asian stock markets were trading in the red overall on Friday, after mixed data on China's economic growth. These showed that the country's gross domestic product grew by 0.4% over one year in the second quarter, while economists expected an increase of 0.9%.

The Nikkei index gained 0.6% at the end of trading in Tokyo. The Hang Seng on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange fell 1.6%, while the Shanghai Composite Index fell by 0.5%.

U.S. Treasury bond yields have relaxed a bit, although U.S. wholesale price statistics released Thursday exacerbated concerns about inflation. Around 7:30am, the 10-year Treasury rate fell less than 2 basis points, at 2.949%. That of the 2-year bond was almost stable, at 3.124%.

The euro rose slightly this morning against the dollar and the yen, while the greenback was stable against the Japanese currency. The euro, which briefly fell below parity with the dollar on Thursday, is expected to recover and reach $1.06 by the end of the year as risk appetite is likely to improve, according to UniCredit. Markets expect the European Central Bank to narrow the gap between eurozone and US interest rates over the coming quarters, UniCredit adds.

Oil prices were gaining ground Friday morning, as part of a possible technical rebound, after falling to their lowest level since April on Thursday. Around 7:20 a.m., the September North Sea Brent contract was trading at 86 cents, at $99.96 per barrel. The August contract for light sweet crude (WTI) traded on Nymex rose 48 cents to $96.26 per barrel. Over the first four days of the week, the price of WTI fell by nearly 9% while that of Brent fell by more than 7%.