by Bertrand de Meyer

PARIS (Reuters) – The main European scholarships are expected upwards at the opening, investors digesting the trade threats of US President Donald Trump.

According to the first indications available, the Parisian CAC 40 could gain 0.24% at the opening.

The term contracts suggest an opening up 0.12% for the FTSE in London, a thrust of 0.15% for the Dax in Frankfurt, and a revaluation of 0.34% for the Stoxx 600.

Donald Trump said he was planning to announce new customs duties of 25% on all imports of steel and aluminum in the United States during Monday, marking a new escalation in war threats commercial of the US head of state.

He had already indicated Friday his desire to impose during this week “reciprocal customs rights” against “several countries”.

The 47th American president also said he was not very satisfied with the measures taken by Canada and Mexico to prevent flows of illicit drugs and migrants to the United States, one of the conditions set to avoid entry into force of rights customs on March 1.

The different countries of the world are preparing for this growing threat, if the Chinese markets believe that these remarks are a strategy to negotiate the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in the middle of the electoral campaign, said on Sunday that Europe is ready to react “in The time “if the United States imposes customs duties on the European Union.

Attention will be all the more paid to the United States this week since ICC inflation for January is expected on Wednesday and should confirm the expectations of monetary policy of the American Federal Reserve (Fed) after a report on mixed employment Friday.

In Europe, the results season continues, notably with Italian financial values ​​on Monday, including Unicredit or MEDIOBANCA.

A Wall Street

The New York Stock Exchange ended up on Friday after the publication of a mitigated employment report and the announcement by Donald Trump of the upcoming establishment of new customs duties, likely to feed inflation.

The Dow Jones index sold 444.23 points or 0.99% to 44.303.40, S&P 500 57.58 points or 0.95% to 6.025.99 and the NASDAQ Composite fell from 1.36% to 19.523 , 40.

In Asia

The threats of commercial wars weigh on the Japanese market.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange ended up 0.04%, according to the first data available.

In China, the scholarships are carried by the values ​​linked to artificial intelligence still benefiting from optimism around Deepseek.

The Hong Kong Hang Seng index increased by 1.7%, the SSE Composite of Shanghai is strengthened by 0.46%, the CSI 300 scored an increase of 0.11%.

RATE

American returns are relatively stable on Monday after data on employment at the end of last week and before CPI inflation for January Wednesday.

The ten -year -old Treasury yield declines from 0.2 pb to 4.4846%, while the two -year title yield increased from 0.8 pb to 4.2873%.

Changes

The dollar is on the rise with the fears of trade war of the American president while the euro remains at a level close to its lower two years.

The dollar earns 0.22% against a basket of reference currencies, the euro crosses 0.13% to 1.0314 dollars, and the pound sterling loses 0.08% to 1.2399 dollars.

In Asia, the yen declines 0.3% to 151.85 yen for a dollar, the Australian dollar rises from 0.03% to 0.6273 dollars.

OIL

The dollar is increasing on Monday while investors digest the latest Donald Trump announcements concerning the threats of customs tariffs that could weigh on growth and global demand.

Brent increased from 0.52% to $ 75.05 per barrel, the American light crude (West Texas Intermediate, WTI) is increased by 0.55% to 71.39 dollars.

(Written by Bertrand de Meyer, edited by Augustin Turpin)

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