by Mara Vilcu

(Reuters)-Wall Street is expected without direction on Tuesday and European scholarships are advancing in dispersed order on mid-session, while trade negotiations between the United States and China continue for a second day, investors awaiting reasons to believe that tensions between the two largest world economies could calibrate.

Futures in New York indices report an opening of Wall Street down 0.05% for the Dow Jones. The Standard & Poor’s 500 is expected to open up 0.07% and the NASDAQ 0.08%.

In Paris, the CAC 40 earns 0.01% at 7,792.58 points around 11:06 GMT and in Frankfurt, the Dax fell 0.37%. In London, the FTSE 100 rises by 0.44%, after the data showed that the growth of wages in Great Britain has slowed heavily and that unemployment has reached its highest level in almost four years in the three months preceding April, opening the way to a new drop in interest rates by the Bank of England. Investors are also attentive to trade negotiations between the United States and China.

The Eurostoxx 50 index is down 0.24%, the FTSEURofirst 300 lost 0.14%and the Stoxx 600 abandons 0.10%.

High representatives of the United States and China gathered in London for commercial negotiations are continuing their discussions for a second consecutive day in the British capital, in an attempt to defuse a commercial conflict with considerable issues. The American secretary of trade, Howard Lunick, said on Tuesday that commercial negotiations with China were going well.

Donald Trump told journalists on Monday that discussions were going well and that the American team of negotiators sent to London had transmitted to him “only good feedback”.

The markets wish in particular an agreement on the controls of exports of American technologies and Chinese rare land and want to know where the final level of customs duties will be set between the two countries after the commercial climbing which made the world scholarships tremble at the beginning of April.

Any advance in negotiations should relieve markets, given the fact that Trump’s often contradictory customs duties and fluctuations in Sino-American relations have weakened the two economies, disrupted supply chains and threaten global growth.

“While market players clearly have an optimistic vision of perspectives, both in terms of commercial policy and more generally, we do not think that this must be interpreted as a certainty that customs duties will be completely removed,” said Jonas Goltermann, deputy chief economist in charge of markets at Capital Economics.

Values ​​in Europe

Bellway advances 6.21% after having noted its volume production forecasts for the whole year, supported by larger spring sales and stronger demand from customers.

The European Defense sector fell 0.80%, with the German groups Rheinmetall abandoning 2.73%, Renk 9.65%and Hensoldt 3.21%.

UBS decreases by 6.78%, investors fearing the impact of the new government’s proposals aimed at obliging the Swiss bank to hold 26 billion dollars in additional capital, in particular on its returns to shareholders.

RATE

The yield of Treasuries at ten years loses 3.4 base points at 4,4500%. The two -year -old abandons 1.6 base points at 3.9868%.

The yield of the German Bund at ten years fell from 2.7 base points to 2,5430%. The two -year -old loses 2.4 base points at 1.8540%.

Changes

The dollar earns 0.10% against a basket of reference currencies.

The euro earns 0.03% to 1.1423 dollars.

OIL

Oil prices are increasing on Tuesday, while investors are waiting for the outcome of trade negotiations between the United States and China and the Sudited Saudi Arabia supply to China should drop slightly.

The Brent advances 0.49% to 67.37 dollars per barrel and the American light crude (West Texas Intermediate, WTI) takes 0.47% at 65.60 dollars.

(Written by Mara Vîlcu, edited by Kate Entringer)

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