by Claude Chendjou

PARIS (Reuters) – Wall Street is expected to fall on Wednesday at the opening before an inflation indicator and a new hearing of the President of the American Federal Reserve (Fed) before the Congress, while the European scholarships, supported by the Results of businesses of the day, resist mid-session.

Futures in New York indices report an opening of Wall Street down 0.14% for the Dow Jones, by 0.11% for Standard & Poor’s 500 and stability for NASDAQ.

The context is cautious at Wall Street before the publication at 1:30 p.m. GMT for monthly consumer prices in the United States and a hearing at 3:00 p.m. GMT of Jerome Powell, the president of the Fed, before the financial affairs committee The House of Representatives, after that of the day before before a Senate commission.

In Paris, the CAC 40 is almost stable, at 8,026.52 points, around 11:25 gmt. The Parisian index has erased its initial gains supplied in particular by Kering (+5.43%) the day after the publication of the results of the luxury group.

In Frankfurt, the Dax advances 0.20%with mainly the support of banking values ​​such as Commerzbank (+1.64%) and Deutsche Bank (1.23%). In London, the FTSE, supported by the real estate compartment (+1.41%), nibbles 0.02%.

The pan -European FTSEUROFirst 300 index is practically unchanged and the EuroStoxx 50 in the Euro area grapped 0.05%. The STOXX 600 rises by 0.04% after reaching a record at a record at 548.59 points, thanks to solid results of companies, like those of Heineken.

LSEG forecasts show that the growth in profits from European companies is expected to accelerate considerably this year, from 1% last year to 7.9%. Almost 59% of the 129 companies in the STOXX 600 having already published their results have released in the fourth quarter of 2024 a better than expected profit, according to data compiled by LSEG.

The values ​​to follow at Wall Street

LYFT fell from 12.4% in a forefoot, the VTC services group that said it has anticipated raw reservations for the quarter in progress to expectations. Uber, its main competitor, sold 1.4%.

The health insurer CVS Health, the Biogen pharmaceutical laboratory and the Kraft Heinz agrifood group must publish their quarterly accounts before the session is opened.

Values ​​in Europe

Heineken jumped 12.51% after announcing a better than expected annual profit and a share buy -back plan of 1.5 billion euros. The European drinks and food compartment wins 1.14%, while ANHERUSE-BUSCH INBEV (+3.63%) and Carlsberg (+3.54%) are also in green.

ABN AMRO climbs 6.78%, the action of the Dutch bank that has touched its highest level for five years, after results from the fourth quarter higher than market expectations. The European banking compartment is advancing 0.60%.

The British manufacturer of housing Barratt Redrow increased by 5.12% thanks to an annual profit forecast in the upper part of the market expectations. The group also launched an equity buyout plan of 100 million pounds (119.93 million euros) per year.

On the decrease side, Randstad loses 3.38% after a fourth low quarter and prudent prospects.

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