PARIS (Reuters) – The main European scholarships are expected to decrease Tuesday at the opening, apart from Paris, investors worrying about a recession in the United States.

According to the first indications available, the Parisian CAC 40 could gain 0.72% at the opening.

The term contracts report a drop of 0.74% for the Dax in Frankfurt, by 0.48% for the FTSE in London and 0.30% for the Stoxx 600.

Investors show caution in an economic environment marked by the many uncertainties on the background of trade war started by the American president and consequences on economic activity.

Donald Trump reiterated his attacks on Monday against the President of the American Federal Reserve (Fed) Jerome Powell, also nourishing concerns about the autonomy of the Central Bank.

The American president spoke of a “slowdown in the economy” unless the President of the Fed lowers rates.

“To be honest, Trump says a lot of the same things as many of those who cover the Fed on the markets – just much less politely politely; and in a very inappropriate way in the eyes of these same commentators … because they are authorized to criticize an independent central bank and take positions on the market to fold it to their will, but politicians are clearly not. Rabobank in a note published Tuesday.

On Thursday, the European Central Bank (ECB) lowered its 25 -point key rate while its president Christine Lagarde stressed “the economic prospects darken by exceptional uncertainty”.

Investors will scan this week the results of companies on the one hand and the other of the Atlantic in search of the first consequences of the context or comments concerning the prospects on the part of business leaders.

A Wall Street

The New York Stock Exchange ended up on Monday after the tenant of the White House Donald Trump reiterated his attacks against the president of the Federal Reserve (Fed) Jerome Powell, amplifying concerns about the autonomy of the Central Bank.

The Dow Jones index sold 2.48%, or 971.82 points, to 38,170.41 points.

The larger Standard & Poor’s 500 lost 124.50 points, or 2.36% to 5,158.20 points.

The Nasdaq Composite fell on its side of 415.55 points, or 2.55% to 15,870.901 points.

At the values, the heavyweight of artificial intelligence NVIDIA fell 4.51% after Reuters reported that Huawei Technologies provided massive shipments of an advanced AI chip to its customers in China next month.

In Asia

The Tokyo Stock Exchange is down with fears concerning the world and American economy.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 0.13%.

The scholarships in China and Hong Kong are up on Tuesday despite the uncertainties related to the trade war.

The Hong Kong Hang Seng index increased by 0.21%, the SSE Composite of Shanghai is reinforced by 0.41%, the CSI 300 scored an increase of 0.16%.

RATE

American yields are slightly increasing on Tuesday.

Treasury’s yield at ten years took 2.7 bp to 4.4321%, while the two -year title yield increased from 2.9 pb to 3.7811%.

Changes

The dollar is still evolving close to its lowest level in three years on Tuesday, the incessant attacks by President Donald Trump against the president of the Fed eroding the confidence of investors in the American economy.

The dollar fell 0.16% against a basket of reference currencies, the euro rises from 0.17% to 1.1533 dollars, and the pound sterling firms from 0.25% to 1.3411 dollar.

In Asia, the yen fell 0.55% to 140.08 yen for a dollar, the Australian dollar rises from 0.2% to 0.6428 dollars.

OIL

Oil prices are on the rise on Tuesday, investors taking advantage of losses from the day before to cover their exposed positions while the trade war continues to weigh on demand.

Brent increased by 0.68% to 66.71 dollars per barrel, the American light crude (West Texas Intermediate, WTI) is added from 1.03% to $ 63.73.

(Written by Bertrand de Meyer, edited by)

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