by Claude Chendjou

Paris (Reuters) – The main European scholarships are expected to fall on Wednesday while the session will be marked by numerous indicators of economic and inflation, as well as a new salvo of business results, not to mention the threat of a World trade war and geopolitical tensions.

According to the first indications available, the Parisian CAC 40 should lose 0.47% at the opening. The Dax in Frankfurt could go back by 0.45%, while the FTSE 100 in London should abandon 0.29%. The Eurostoxx 50 index is expected to fall on 0.55% and the Stoxx 600 down 0.41%.

The latest statements by American president, Donald Trump, disconcerted investors in Asian markets, the billionaire who said that the United States was ready to take control of the Gaza Strip at a joint press conference with the first Israeli minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

Donald Trump also assured Tuesday that he was not in a hurry to speak with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to try to appease the new trade war which takes shape between the two largest global economic powers.

These words fuel uncertainty before the indicators planned during the day, in particular the monthly indices of the activity of services in Europe and the United States, or even production prices in the euro zone.

On the business side, new technologies are to be monitored, alphabet having disappointed on the “cloud” in the fourth quarter and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) providing for a reduction in sales in data centers. Qualcomm and Uber Technologies financial accounts are also expected this Wednesday. In the other sectors, giants and Totalnergies, Crédit Agricole, Novo Nordisk, Ford and Walt Disney are also on deck.

A Wall Street

The New York Stock Exchange ended up on Tuesday, partly carried by the energy sector, while investors have seen in the postpone of American customs duties for Canada and Mexico a reason for hope for trade relations between United States and China.

The Dow Jones index won 0.30%, or 134.13 points, at 44,556.04 points.

The wider S & P-500 took 43.31 points, or 0.72%, at 6,037.88 points.

The Nasdaq Composite advanced 262.06 points (1.35%) at 19,654.02 points.

In Asia

On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the Nikkei index advanced 0.09% to 38,831.48 points, in a sawtooth session, marked by business results, especially those of Toyota (+3.13%) And speculations on the Policy of the Bank of Japan (BOJ), one of its officials who reported an increase in interest rates. The wider topix took 0.16% to 2,742.50 points.

The MSCI index bringing together the values ​​of Asia and the Pacific (excluding Japan) wins 0.60% and the main index of South Korea KS11 bounces by 1.2%.

In China, the SSE Composite of Shanghai flexes 0.89% and the CSI 300 refused by 0.76% for the resumption of quotes after the Lunar New Year’s holidays.

The Chinese clues are penalized by a context of trade war between China and the United States, while the Trump administration plans to add Shein and Temu to the list of companies using “forced work”, according to Semafor.

The activity of the service sector in China also increased at a slower rate in January, with a Caixin/S&P global index at 51.0 after 52.2 in December.

The values ​​to follow in Europe:

Changes/Rate

The dollar fell 0.13% against a basket of reference currencies, after

The euro advances by 0.09%, to 1.0386 dollars, while the pound sterling exchanges at 1.2477 dollars (-0.02%).

The Chinese Yuan collapsed Wednesday against the backdrop of a Sino-American trade war before recovering, at 7.2892 for a dollar, after falling at a hollow at 7.3765 at the start of the week. The Popular Banque of China (PBOC) has also set a median rate of the Yuan stronger than expected, around which the currency is authorized to evolve in a strip of 2%.

The yen has increased by more than 0.5% to reach its highest level for more than a month, at 153.47 for a dollar, due to increasing bets on new increases in the rates of the Bank of Japan (Boj ) This year.

RATE

The yield of American treasury bills at ten years fell from 1.6 base points, to 4.4965%, after a decline of 2.8 points the day before.

OIL

The oil market is withdrawn, the rise in stocks in the United States and investors’ concerns over a new Sino-American trade war that has counterbalanced the renewed will of President Donald Trump to reduce Iranian gross exports.

The Brent refused 0.17% to 76.07Dollars per barrel and the American light crude (West Texas Intermediate, WTI) from 0.04% to 72.68 dollars.

(Written by Claude Chendjou, edited by Kate Entringer)

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