PARIS (Reuters) – The main European scholarships rebounded strongly Thursday in the morning, the relief being in order after the 90 -day stay on the new American customs rights granted to most countries in a spectacular turnaround by Donald Trump.
In Paris, the CAC 40 takes 7.46% at 7,367.97 points around 07:20 GMT. In London, the FTSE 100 advances 6.10% and in Frankfurt, the Dax leaps by 8.18%.
The Eurostoxx 50 index increased by 7.62% and the FTSEUROFirst 300 of 7.50%. The Stoxx 600 wins 7%, having completed its best daily performance since March 2020.
In the aftermath of the high increase in Wall Street, the term contracts foreshadowed Thursday 0.03% for Dow Jones, by 0.31% for Standard & Poor’s 500 and 0.84% ​​for NASDAQ.
A sign of a return of the appetite for the risk, the VIX index of volatility to Wall Street returned around 33 points against nearly 60 before the announcement by Donald Trump of a temporary suspension of so -called “reciprocal” customs rights against dozens of countries. The White House tenant, however, noted the surcharges aimed at China, while Beijing plans to impose customs duties of 84% on American products from this Thursday.
Signs also show that the current rebound may not last since the refugee currencies like the Yen and the Swiss francs left on Thursday on the rise, just like gold.
The yield of American bonds at ten years, which had increased sharply in a context, particularly of distrust of the American debt, fell on Thursday from 9.4 base points, to 4.3024%. The withdrawal of yields also reflects a rush to safe assets. Some investors are cautious while the CPI inflation index in the United States will be published at 12:30 p.m. GMT, while Friday the big banks of Wall Street will kick off the results season.
In the equity markets, the automotive compartment jumped by 7.53%with in particular Stellantis (+12.06%) and BMW (+8.47%). That of new technologies is advancing 9.02%with Stmicroelectronics (+12.15%) and Infineon (+15.03%). The banking sector (+9.75%) is sought with Société Générale (+11.72%) and Deutsche Bank (+13.04%).
In business news, Tesco gives up 3.97% after warning its annual profit in a context of strong competition.
The Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut plunges 13.7% in reaction to a lowering Thursday of its annual volume forecasts.
(Written by Claude Chendjou, edited by Blandine Hénault)
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