By Pauline Foret
(Reuters) – Wall Street is expected to decrease on Friday, like the European scholarships that dig their losses at mid -session after a week busy for many central banks and while the American customs duties supposed to enter into force in April monopolize the attention of investors.
Futures in New York indices report an opening of Wall Street down, indicating a decline of 0.27% for the Dow Jones, 0.21% for Standard & Poor’s-500 and 0.3% for NASDAQ. In Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.59% to 8,046.37 points around 11:40 gmt. In Frankfurt, the Dax fell 0.62% and in London, the FTSE 100 yields 0.46%.
The Eurostoxx 50 index is down 0.60%, the FTSEUROFRIF 300 is down 0.59%and the Stoxx 600 from 0.60%.
Most of the global clues are nevertheless in the process of signing a weekly gain while the feverishness that followed Donald Trump’s different decisions in terms of customs duties earlier this month has been somewhat peaceful.
After a week marked by the decisions of the Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan and the Bank of England to maintain their current guiding rates, the attention of investors now turns to the American customs duties supposed to enter into force on April 2.
On the geopolitical side, the resumption of Israeli bombings in the Gaza Strip and the latest war developments in Ukraine also fueled investors’ concerns, adding to macroeconomic uncertainty. The values ​​to follow at Wall Street
Micron said Thursday to anticipate higher sales than expected in the third quarter, citing the high demand for its wide -band memory fleas (HBM) used in AI models.
Nike warned Thursday that its sales could drop more than expected in the fourth quarter after reporting a decline of 17% of its sales in China.
Values ​​in Europe
On the other side of the Atlantic, the airlines retreat, sealed by chaos caused by the closure of London Heathrow airport after a fire in an electrical substation which caused a power cut.
The pan -European trips and leisure index gives in 1.46%, and the IAG, Lufthansa, Ryanair and Easyjet airlines fell from between 0.5%and 1.76%. Air France-KLM abandons more than 1%.
Among the individual values, the German Fuchs group is red lantern of the STOXX 600, losing 7.65% after a forecast of operating income below the expectations of analysts for 2025.
Beneteau cowards 10.9% as a result of decreased annual results and gloomy forecasts for 2025.
RATE
Bond yields on both sides of the Atlantic fell against an concern about the fallout from customs duties imposed by the United States and the slowdown in the first world economy.
The yield of ten -year -old Treasuries gave way 2.3 bp to 4.2099% and the two years 2.2 pb to 3.9354%.
In Europe, the yield of the German Bund at ten years fell 2.6 bp to 2,7530% and the two years from 3.1 pb to 2,1400%.
The German rates have reacted little to approval by the Bundesrat, the upper chamber of the German Parliament, from the reform of the constitutional brake to debt which will allow the first economy of Europe to increase its federal expenses for the defense. From now on, the question is how and in what scale these expenses will be made.
Changes
The dollar is somewhat strengthened on Friday after several central banks announced their latest monetary policy decisions this week and while investors remain worried about the benefits of a potential world trade war.
The greenback earns 0.10% against a basket of reference currencies.
The euro, however, corrects after two weeks of consecutive increase against the background of debt brake reform in Germany, giving 0.14% to 1.0836 dollars.
OIL
The crude prices are receiving but are about to close on a weekly gain for the second consecutive week, the last American sanctions against Iran and the last production plans of OPEC+ having exacerbated the expectations of a drop in supply.
Brent fell 0.42% to $ 71.70 per barrel and light American crude (West Texas Intermediate, WTI) from 0.37% to 67.82 dollars.
Main economic indicators at the agenda of March 21:
Pays GMT indicator previous consensus period
EZ 3:00 p.m. Consumer confidence March -13.0 -13.6
(1st estimate)
(Written by Pauline Foret, edited by Blandine Hénault)
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