By Corentin Chappron

PARIS (Reuters) – The main European scholarships are expected to open prudent on Monday for a calm session, although the geopolitical prospects remain uncertain.

The term contracts suggest an opening up 0.05% for the Parisian CAC 40, against 0.05% for the FTSE in London, 0.24% for the Dax in Frankfurt, and 0.04% for the Stoxx 600 .

Wall Street will be closed on Monday for the commemoration of the birth of Georges Washington and exchange volumes should be limited in Europe.

No significant indicator or business result is expected on Monday and operators will focus on the latest geopolitical developments.

In particular, the European Union is looking for the response to be given to Donald Trump’s initiatives on the security of the continent or the Ukrainian file.

The next few days will determine whether Russian President Vladimir Putin seriously envisages the end of the war in Ukraine, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Sunday, while Donald Trump emissaries will go to Saudi Arabia for meetings with Russian officials.

The risks of resumption of the trade war between the United States and the remainder of the world will remain closely followed by investors, who are concerned about the implications of an increase in customs duties on global economic growth.

A Wall Street

The New York Stock Exchange ended in dispersed order on Friday, with a Nasdaq supported by Nvidia’s performance, the day after Donald Trump confirmation of the implementation of reciprocal customs duties in early April.

The Dow Jones index sold 0.37%, or 165.35 points, to 44,546.08 points.

Standard & Poor’s 500, wider, lost 0.44 points, or 0.01% to 6,114.63 points.

The Nasdaq Composite advanced 81.13 points, 0.41%, at 20,026,773 points.

In Asia

The Tokyo Stock Exchange ended up, supported by financial values ​​and better than expected growth figures. The Nikkei index won 0.06% to 39,174.25 points. The wider topix took 0.28% to 2,766.90 points.

The banking sector, sensitive to rates that could again increase if growth remains strong, increased by 1.4%.

The Chinese indices ended up pending new measures to support the economy on the part of the Chinese President Xi Jinping who took part on a symposium in the Chinese private sector on Monday. The Hong Kong Hang Seng index increased by 0.16%, the SSE Composite of Shanghai has increased by 0.26%, the CSI 300 of 0.2%.

RATE

The American rate markets are closed on the occasion of the commemoration of the birth of Washington.

In Europe, the yield of ten years German is stable at 2.431%, that of the rate at two years rises from 1.8 pb to 2.125%.

Changes

The yen is strengthened against the dollar after a growth figure in the fourth quarter of 2024 better than expected.

In Asia, the yen advances 0.47% to 151.61 yen for a dollar, the Australian dollar rises from 0.3% to 0.6369 dollars.

The dollar earns 0.01% against a basket of reference currencies, the euro rises from 0.03% to 1.0494 dollars, and the pound sterling is strengthened from 0.08% to 1.2595 dollar.

OIL

The barrel evolves little, the markets focusing on diplomatic developments between Russia and Ukraine.

Brent increased by 0.15% to $ 74.85 a barrel, the American light crude (West Texas Intermediate, WTI) adds to 0.01% to $ 70.75.

(Written by Corentin Chappron, edited by Blandine Hénault)

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