by Claude Chendjou

PARIS (Reuters) – Wall Street is expected to rise on Wednesday and European stock markets are moving in the green mid-session, supported in particular by banks and high technologies with the news around UBS, Alibaba and Infineon , but the underlying trend remains cautious ahead of several key macroeconomic indicators expected on Thursday and Friday. New York index futures signal a Wall Street open up 0.76% for the Dow Jones, 0.87% for the Standard & Poor’s 500 and 0.86% for the Nasdaq amid alleviation of fears about the banks. In Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.21% to 7,174.26 around 10:50 GMT. In Frankfurt, the Dax advances by 0.91% and in London, the FTSE takes 0.78%.

The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index gained 0.84%, the eurozone EuroStoxx 50 1.09% and the Stoxx 600 0.91%.

UBS (+1.44%) announced on Wednesday the surprise appointment of its former boss Sergio Ermotti, the current president of Swiss Re (+0.52%) as managing director to steer the takeover of Credit Suisse (+ 1.38%), the latest development to date deemed positive in the banking sector which is trying to recover from the recent turbulence.

The banks index on the Stoxx 600 posted a gain of 1.1% and that of finance an increase of 0.89%.

“The decision to recall Sergio Ermotti is very positive because it reduces the risks associated with the integration and execution (of the Credit Suisse takeover) by 80%”, comments Davide Serra, managing director of Algebris Investments.

Bank Vontobel, in a note, also welcomes the appointment of Sergio Ermotti as head of UBS, saying he is “the right person for this difficult task, given his experience in the successful transformation of UBS after the global financial crisis”.

The volatility index on the Euro Stoxx 50 fell 6.6% to 20.62 points, the lowest since March 10.

The trend in the markets remains fragile, however, ahead of the release of the fourth quarter GDP data in the United States (Thursday) and the February PCE price index (Friday), the preferred measure of inflation. by the US Federal Reserve (Fed).

German inflation for the month of March will be known on Thursday before the figures for the matter for the whole of the euro zone on Friday, while Peter Kazimir, a member of the European Central Bank (ECB), and Philip Lane, chief economist of the institution, ruled on Wednesday that interest rates had to rise further to contain the rise in prices.

VALUES IN EUROPE Meanwhile, on the stock market, the new technologies compartment, up 1.79%, recorded the best performance of the Stoxx 600, with in particular Infineon (+6.38%) which raised its financial forecasts for the whole year.

The sector was already supported by the reorganization of the Chinese giant Alibaba, which will split into six units. STMicroelectronics, ASML Holding, ASM International, BE Semiconductor Industries gain from 1.12% to 5.25%.

In other corporate news, Atos plunged 16.51%, the largest drop in the SBF 120 (+1.17%), and Airbus advanced 2.24%. The IT services group confirmed on Wednesday the end of their discussions on a stake in Evidian.

Mercedes-Benz (-1.84%) is for its part penalized by a possible partial disengagement of the Kuwaiti sovereign wealth fund from its capital.

WALL STREET VALUES TO FOLLOW

CHANGES

The dollar stagnated (+0.06%) against a basket of benchmark currencies in a context of relative calm on the markets.

The euro and the pound sterling are also treading water at 1.0851 dollars (+0.07%) and 1.234 dollars (+0.01%) respectively.

RATE

The relaxation can also be seen in the yields of government bonds after the sharp increases in recent sessions: that of ten-year US Treasury bills is displayed at 3.5469% (-2 basis points) and that of the Bund German with the same maturity is trading at 2.29% (almost stable).

OIL

Oil prices strengthened for the third session in a row, still driven by supply concerns with the suspension of crude exports from Iraqi Kurdistan.

Brent rose 0.98% to 79.42 dollars a barrel and American light crude (West Texas Intermediate, WTI) gained 1.26% to 74.12 dollars.

NO MORE MAJOR ECONOMIC INDICATOR ON TODAY’S AGENDA

THE MARKET SITUATION:

(Some data may show a slight shift)

WALL STREET

Indices Last Var. Var. %

points

Dow Jones 32836.0 +248.00 +0.76%

0

S&P-500 4036.25 +34.75 +0.87%

Nasdaq-100 12835.2 +102.75 +0.81%

5

“The Day Ahead” – The point on the next

session on wall street [DAY/US]

The session

former :

Closing Indices Var. Var. %YTD

points

Dow Jones 32394.2 -37.83 -0.12% -2.27%

5

S&P 500 3971.27 -6.26 -0.16% +3.43%

Nasdaq 11716.0 -52.76 -0.45% +11.94%

8

Nasdaq 100 12610.5 -62.50 -0.49% +15.27%

7

MARKETS

EUROPEANS

Indices Last Var. Var. %YTD

points

Eurofirst 300 1775.00 +14.93 +0.85% +5.75%

Eurostoxx 50 4215.82 +47.61 +1.14% +11.13%

CAC 40 7,176.83 +88.49 +1.25% +10.86%

Dax 30 15,280.7 +138.74 +0.92% +9.75%

6

FTSE 7543.03 +58.78 +0.79% +1.23%

SMI 10929.8 +90.71 +0.84% ​​+1.87%

2

The values ​​to follow in Paris and in

Europe: [WATCH/LFR]

CHANGES

Standby Price Var.% YTD

Euro/Dlr 1.0856 1.0843 +0.12% +1.44%

DLR/Yen 131.89 130.86 +0.79% +0.59%

Euro/Yen 143.18 141.92 +0.89% +2.05%

Dlr/CHF 0.9178 0.9195 -0.18% -0.71%

Euro/CHF 0.9965 0.9974 -0.09% +0.70%

Stg/Dlr 1.2343 1.2340 +0.02% +2.03%

Index $ 102.504 102.430 +0.07% +6.58%

0 0

RATE

Last Var. Spread/Bund

(pts)

Future Bunds 135.970 -0.0500

0

10-year bunds 2.2950 +0.0100

Bund 2 years 2.6040 +0.0210

10-year OATs 2.8100 +0.0040 +51.50

10-year Treasury 3.5526 -0.0150

Treasury 2 years 4.0413 -0.0210

OIL

(in dollars) Preceding Price Var Var. %YTD

nt

US light crude 74.08 73.20 +0.88 +1.20% +21.03%

Brent 79.38 78.65 +0.73 +0.93% +20.22%

(Written by Claude Chendjou, edited by Blandine Hénault)

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