by Mara Vilcu
(Reuters)-Wall Street is expected to decrease slightly on Friday, while European scholarships are trying to bounce back in mid-session, investors continuing to analyze the impact of tensions in the Middle East and the warning of the President of the American Federal Reserve (Fed) on a possible resurgence of inflation. Futures in New York indices report an opening of Wall Street down 0.21% for the Dow Jones, by 0.18% for the Standard & Poor’s-500 and 0.17% for the NASDAQ in the aftermath of a session without rating due to a holiday. In Paris, the CAC 40 earns 0.58% at 7,597.41 points around 10:53 a.m. GMT. In Frankfurt, the Dax advances 0.94% and in London, the FTSE 100 rises by 0.47%.
The Eurostoxx 50 index increased by 0.85%, the FTSEUROFirst 300 advances by 0.50%and the Stoxx 600 takes 0.52%.
After a week rich in monetary policy decisions, markets sail through uncertainties linked to the consequences of multiple international tensions.
On Thursday, the White House said that Donald Trump would make a decision to intervene or not in the Israeli military campaign against Iran over the next two weeks, evoking the “strong possibility” of negotiations in the near future.
“Even if the immediate prospect of an American intervention in Iran seems to have moved away, the fact that it is apparently a two -week break means that this question will remain current for the markets with next week,” said Dan Coatsworth, investment analyst at Aj Bell.
In addition, on Wednesday, the Fed maintained its unchanged interest rates and reported that borrowing costs should decrease this year, while slowing down the overall rate of future rate drops in the face of the prospect of an increase in inflation resulting from the White House trade policy.
“All external forecastists and the Fed say that we expect a significant level of inflation to arrive in the coming months and we must take it into account,” said Jerome Powell.
Investors are also waiting at 12:30 p.m. GMT the Philly Fed index, which will provide new elements on the evolution of activity in the Philadelphia region. The values ​​to follow at Wall Street
Values ​​in Europe
The European transport and leisure sector, abused in recent days by tensions in the Middle East, is advancing 1.24%, helped by the drop in oil prices.
Eutelsat flies 25.70% while the French State will become the first shareholder of the group of satellites by subscribing to more than half of a capital increase of 1.35 billion euros announced by the company.
Rate American sovereign yields are changing little on Friday. That of the Treasuries at ten years is advancing two base points, at 4.414%. The two years takes 0.9 points, at 3.950%.
The yield of the German Bund at ten years earns 0.7 basic point, at 2,5240%. The two years advances by 0.5 points, to 1.849%.
Changes
The dollar is slightly decreased on Friday but should record a weekly gain in a context of withdrawal to the refuge values.
The dollar loses 0.31% against a basket of reference currencies.
The euro earns 0.29%, to 1.1527 dollars.
OIL
Oil prices are in dispersed order on Friday after Donald Trump’s last statements on Iran.
Brent loses $ 2.51% at $ 76.87 a barrel, while the American light crude (West Texas Intermediate, WTI) advances from 0.73% to 75.69 dollars.
(Written by Mara Vîlcu)
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