With European stock markets expected to rise, Asian stock markets are rising. The Eurostoxx 50 opens at 4,155.73 points (-0.39%), the CAC 40 at 6,686.17 points (-0.29%), the DAX 40 at 15,472.56 points (-0.32%), the FTSE 100 at 7,190.30 points (-0.45%), the SMI at 12,039.14 points (+0.22%), the AEX at 807.64 points (+0.27%), the BEL 20 at 4,197.20 points (-0.57%), the IBEX 35 at 8,944.30 points (-0.82%), the DJIA at 35,603.08 points (-0.02%), the Nasdaq at 15,215.70 points (+0.62%), the S&P 500 at 4,549.78 points (+0.30%) and the Nikkei 225 at 28.82,18 points 1.86 points (+0.39%)

With respect to the exchange rate, the change compared to the close in New York indicates an increase in currency pairs. EUR/USD opened at 1.1628 (+0.01%), EUR/JPY at 132.58 (+0.02%) and USD/JPY at 114.02 (+0.01%

The media and publishing group Vivendi announced increased sales in the third quarter for its main Canal+ and Havas divisions, while that of Editis remained virtually stable. On Friday, Air Liquide announced its third-quarter results, while Rémy Cointreau, Renault, ADP and Klépierre presented their quarterly sales. On the macroeconomic side, the provisional PMI indices for the month of October will appear at 9:15am. Economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal expect manufacturing and services indexes to fall to 54 and 55.5, respectively, from 55 and 56.2

European equity markets are expected to open higher on Friday, in the wake of the rise in Asian stock markets. Investor confidence was strengthened by the announcement that the troubled Chinese group Evergrande would pay interest to international bondholders just before a deadline. At 7:10am, the CAC 40 futures contract fetched 41.7 points, or 0.6%, according to data from broker IG Markets. The DAX contract rose by 56 points, or 0.4%, and the FTSE 100 contract rose 26 points, or 0.4%

The New York Stock Exchange finished higher overall on Thursday, bringing the S&P 500 to a new all-time high amid optimism after strong corporate results. The Dow Jones Index (DJIA) closed almost flat at 35,603.08 points, led by the fall in IBM shares. The expanded S&P 500 index gained 0.3%, reaching a new all-time high of 4,549.78 points. The Nasdaq Composite rose even more sharply, rising 0.6% to 15,215.70 points. On Thursday, the S&P 500 Index registered its seventh consecutive session of growth. At the end of the session on Friday morning, the Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange gained 0.4%, the Hang Seng of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange rose by 0.4% and the Shanghai Composite index gained 0.1%

US government bond yields are changing slightly on Friday morning, after rising on Thursday, while the number of unemployment registrations in the United States fell last week to 290,000, its lowest level since March 2020. In addition, operators have begun to incorporate a higher annual rate of consumer price increases for the rest of the year in the United States. Around 7:15 a.m., the 10-year US government bond rate fell by 1.6 basis points, to 1.687%. In particular, the rise in yields concerned the five-year bond rate, which exceeded 1.2% and takes into account the forecast of a next cycle of Fed rate hikes, which could begin next year. The rate for the two-year bond reached a new high in 52 weeks, while the 10-year bond rose to a level not seen since May

The euro was almost stable on Friday morning against the dollar and the yen, and the greenback changed little against the Japanese currency, while the rise in Asian equity markets reinforces the risk appetite of traders. The Turkish lira could fall further in the coming year as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues to pressure the central bank to ease monetary policy, says Capital Economics. The financial intermediary expects the Turkish lira to fall to 10.5 dollars at the end of the year, from 9.4180

Oil futures fell Friday morning, due to profit-taking after crude reached multi-year highs, analysts say. At 7:25am, the December North Sea Brent contract lost 41 cents to $84.20 per barrel. The contract of the same maturity on sweet light crude (WTI) listed on Nymex sold 29 cents, at 82.21