European equity markets are expected to recover in the face of falling oil prices. The Eurostoxx 50 opens at 4,012.65 points (-1.30%), the CAC 40 at 6,493.12 points (-1.26%), the DAX 40 at 14,973.33 points (-1.46%), the FTSE 100 at 6,995.87 points (-1.15%), the SMI at 11,569.39 points (-0.15%), the AEX at 761.22 points (-1.15%), the AEX at 761.22 points (-1.15%) 29%), the BEL 20 at 4,100.05 points (-1.09%), the IBEX 35 at 8,755.00 points (-1.71%), the DJIA at 34,416.99 points (+0.30%), the Nasdaq at 14,501.91 points (+0.47%), the S&P 500 at 4,363.55 points (+0.41%) and the Nikkei 225 are displayed & worse; 27,779.24 points

As far as foreign exchange rates are concerned, the change from the close in New York indicates a bearish trend. EUR/USD opens at 1.1557 (-0.02%), EUR/JPY at 128.73 (-0.04%) and USD/JPY at 111.41 (-0.02%

Investors will follow foreign trade figures in August on Thursday and react to the latest economic note from the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE), published on Wednesday after the European markets closed. While INSEE has maintained its growth forecast for 2021 at 6.25%, it expects the unemployment rate to fall to 7.6% at the end of the year, compared to a previous estimate of 8.2%. For its part, inflation is expected to remain above 2% until December, with a high of 2.3% in October, the institute predicts

European equity markets are expected to open sharply on Thursday, reassured by the fall in oil prices and the progress of negotiations in the United States Congress on raising the debt ceiling. At 7:35am, the CAC 40 futures contract gained 80 points, or 1.2%, according to data from the broker IG Markets. The DAX contract won 175 points, or 1.2%, and the FTSE 100 contract won 75 points, or 1.1%. Wall Street finished higher on Wednesday, erasing its early trading losses. The Dow Jones Index (DJIA), which had fallen as much as 1% at the start of the session, finished up 0.3%, at 34,416.99 points. The expanded S&P 500 index rose 0.4% to 4,363.55 points, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.5% to 14,501.91 points. In Asia, the indices picked up on Thursday after falling sharply the day before. At the end of the session, the Nikkei index rose 0.8% in Tokyo, while the Hang Seng on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange rose 2.4%. Mainland markets are still closed, trading will resume on Friday. Investors will be attentive on Thursday to the minutes of the latest monetary policy meeting of the European Central Bank (ECB), as well as to the weekly applications for unemployment benefits in the United States. Industrial production figures in Germany, expected at 8 a.m., will also be monitored

The yield on the ten-year U.S. Treasury bond rose again on Thursday morning, after relaxing at the end of the session the day before. It had previously reached 1.57%, its highest level since June, due to intensifying inflation fears. On Thursday at 7:35am, it stood at 1.540%, compared to 1.524% on Wednesday evening. These fears center on supply chain difficulties that amplify tensions on the prices of energy, goods and services

The euro stabilized against the dollar on Thursday morning, trading at 1.1557 dollars.

Oil contracts are losing ground on Thursday morning, in the wake of natural gas prices falling overnight, after Russia and the United States sought to reassure the market about their ability to supply it. At 7:25am, the December North Sea Brent contract sold 32 cents to $80.76 per barrel. The November contract for sweet light crude (WTI) listed on Nymex lost 66 cents, at 76.77