by Mara Vilcu
(Reuters)-Wall Street is expected to increase cautious on Friday and European scholarships are advancing in mid-session, after a week marked by the appeasement of trade tensions between the United States and China, also as many business results. Futures in New York indices report an opening of Wall Street up 0.39% for Dow Jones, 0.26% for Standard & Poor’s-500 and 0.24% for NASDAQ. In Paris, the CAC 40 earns 0.75% at 7,912.41 points around 10:38 GMT. In Frankfurt, the Dax advances 0.69% and in London, the FTSE 100 rises by 0.68%.
The Eurostoxx 50 index is up 0.63%, the FTSEUROFirst 300 advances by 0.69%and the Stoxx 600 wins 0.67%.
The world’s stock markets rebounded earlier this week when the United States has concluded trade agreements with China and Great Britain. However, investors remain in uncertainty about the impact that the new negotiated customs duties may have on the global economy, which remain greater than those in force at the end of 2024.
According to Kyle Rodda, senior analyst at Capital.com, the markets are facing a weekend that should not provide major commercial negotiations or significant risks.
“However, there is always a little risk aversion before the weekend under the presidency of Trump, a bad surprise at the opening of Monday that could wait for them if only because of a post on social networks,” he said.
On the geopolitical level, Russian and Ukrainian negotiators began their first peace talks in Istanbul on Friday in Istanbul for three years after a mediation of Turkey and the United States, even if the expectations vis-Ã -vis this meeting are limited.
Investors are later waiting for Michigan University to the United States to the United States. The attention will also be focused on the comments of managers of the American Federal Reserve (Fed), at least two of them, including the president of the Fed of Richmond, Thomas Barkin, having to speak during the day. The values ​​to follow at Wall Street
Values ​​in Europe
Eutelsat lost 5.85% after reporting a drop in turnover in the third quarter of his fiscal year.
Novo Nordisk (-1.8%) switches to the red at midday after the announcement of the resignation of its general manager, Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen.
RATE
The bond market, which was deserted after investors have regained their appetite for risk, resumes a little compliance following the publication Thursday of data showing that retail sales in the United States has slowed down in April and that American production prices fell into unexpectedly.
The yield of ten -year -old Treasuries fell from 4.7 base points to 4.4079%. The two years lost 2.8 base points at 3.9446%.
The yield of the German Bund at ten years abandons 5.8 base points at 2,5680%. The two -year -old loses 3.2 base points at 1.8510%.
Changes
The dollar is declining on Friday, following the trend in American bond yields, after the American economic data published this week fueled anticipations on new decreases in the Fed rates this year.
The dollar loses 0.05% against a basket of reference currencies.
The euro gains 0.04% to 1.1191 dollars.
OIL
Oil prices are changing little on Friday, moving towards a slight weekly gain, the appeasement of trade tensions between the United States and China having been somewhat counterbalanced by forecasts for increasing supply on the part of Iran and OPEC+.
The Brent advances 0.2% to 64.66 dollars per barrel and the American light crude (West Texas Intermediate, WTI) gained 0.13% to 61.70 dollars.
(Some data may accuse a slight offset)
(Written by Mara Vîlcu, edited by Blandine Hénault)
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