by Mara Vilcu

PARIS (Reuters) – The main European scholarships are expected to decrease Friday, resuming their breath after the records of signs on Thursday, while uncertainty remains on the scale and cadence of the entry into force of American customs duties, after the last statements by President Donald Trump.

According to the first indications available, the Parisian CAC 40 could lose 0.03% at the opening.

The term contracts report a drop of 0.26% for the Dax in Frankfurt, by 0.03% for the FTSE in London and 0.16% for the Stoxx 600.

Trade tensions are still focusing at the end of this weekend after Trump’s last statements Thursday evening, the White House tenant who announced that the United States would impose customs duties of 35% on imports from Canada next month.

In a letter published on his social network, he told Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that this new rate would come into force on August 1 and that he would increase if Canada took retaliatory measures. Trump also said that the United States planned to impose general customs duties of 15% or 20% on most other business partners.

With regard to the EU, the American president said that the twenty-seven would also receive a letter, which investors interpret as a sign of poor trade negotiations.

The markets are now preparing for the launch next week for the period of publication of the quarterly results of large American companies, including the main banks, which should give indications on the impact of customs policy adopted by the United States since April 2.

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A Wall Street

The New York Stock Exchange ended up on Thursday, with new peaks for the S & P-500 and the NASDAQ, the investors who have ignored the latest warnings by US President Donald Trump about customs duties, while Delta’s solid forecasts have fueled optimism.

The Dow Jones index won 0.43%, or 192.34 points, at 44,650.64 points.

The wider S&P-500 took 17.20 points, or 0.27%, at 6,280.46 points.

The Nasdaq Composite advanced 19.33 points (0.09%) at 20,630.67 points

In Asia

The Tokyo Stock Exchange advances 0.05%, carried by technological values.

Chinese and Hong Kong actions reached a record of several months on Friday, fired by the gains recorded in the rare land and technologies sectors.

In China, the composite index of the Shanghai Stock Exchange increased by 1.16% and the CSI 300 of large capitalizations advances by 1.25%.

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange wins 0.57%.

RATE

American returns are rather stable on Friday.

The yield of Treasuries at ten years is advancing from 1.2 base points to 4.3577%. The two years displays 0.4 base points at 3.8725%.

Changes

The dollar is in small increases with the latest news from the commercial front.

The dollar earns 0.19% against a basket of reference currencies.

The euro lost 0.21% to 1.1676 dollars.

OIL

Oil prices are in small increases on Friday after Donald Trump said he would make an announcement concerning Russia, revealing the possibility of new sanctions against this major oil producer, while concerns related to customs duties and the rise in OPEC+ production have limited the increase.

The Brent advances from 0.12% to $ 68.72 per barrel and the American light crude (West Texas Intermediate, WTI) takes 0.21% at 66.71 dollars.

Main economic indicators at the Agenda of Friday July 11:

Pays GMT indicator previous consensus period

GB 06h00 Gross domestic product May 0.1% -0.3%

Fr 06h45 Inflation IPCH definitive June

– Over one month 0.4% 0.4%

– Over one year 0.8% 0.8%

(Written by Mara Vîlcu, edited by Augustin Turpin)

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