European equity markets are expected to fall after the results of the American tech. The Eurostoxx 50 opens at 4,223.97 points (+0.85%), the CAC 40 at 6,766.51 points (+0.80%), the DAX 40 at 15,757.06 points (+1.01% ), the FTSE 100 at 7,277.62 points (+0.76%), the SMI at 12,146.52 points (+0.69%), the AEX at 816.91 points (+0.48%), the BEL 20 at 4,220.94 points (+0.03%), IBEX 35 at 9,001.60 points (+0.90%), DJIA at 35,756.88 points (+0.04%), Nasdaq at 15,235.71 points (+0.06%), the S&P 500 at 4,574.79 points (+0.18%) and the Nikkei 225 at 29,013.57 points (-0.32%).

Regarding exchange rates, the change from the close in New York indicates that EUR/USD at 1.1605 (+0.08%), EUR/JPY at 132.28 (-0 .09%) and USD/JPY at 113.99 (-0.15%).

Several companies have published their quarterly results. These are Scor and Sodexo, Schneider Electric, Accor, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Plastic Omnium, and Alten, Bic, Elis, Nexity, Bureau Veritas and M6, which published higher results in the third quarter, supported by a increase in advertising revenues for its television channels.

European equity markets are expected to open lower on Wednesday after the publication of the results of the technology groups Alphabet, Microsoft and Twitter and before that of the accounts of many other large companies in the United States and in Europe. At 7:30 a.m., the CAC 40 futures contract lost 19 points, or 0.3%, according to data from broker IG Markets. The contract on the DAX 40 yielded 40 points, or 0.25%, and that on the FTSE 100 fell back by 7 points, or 0.1%. Wall Street ended higher on Tuesday, allowing the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones to reach new records after the publication of good economic indicators in the United States. The Dow Jones Index (DJIA) gained 0.04% to 35,756.88 points, and the broader S&P 500 index rose 0.2% to 4,574.79 points. The Nasdaq Composite, rich in technology stocks, gained 0.06% to 15,235.72 points. In Asia, the main indices fell on Wednesday morning. At the end of the session, the Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 0.4% and the Shanghai Composite index yielded 0.9%, while the Hang Seng of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange dropped 1.5%.

Yields on US Treasury bonds moved in a mixed pattern on Tuesday following the release of several key economic indicators and ahead of the Federal Reserve (Fed) monetary policy meeting next week. Ten- and 30-year bond yields fell to their lowest level since October 18, while that of the two-year bond rose. The ten-year Treasury bill rate lost 1.8 basis points on Tuesday, to 1.610%. It recovered Wednesday morning to 1.628%.

The euro progressed Wednesday morning against the dollar. The European Central Bank (ECB) is expected to push back interest rate hike expectations after its monetary policy meeting on Thursday, which should send the euro lower, Evercore ISI estimates. The market was "excited" by advancing its forecast for the first rate hike in early 2023, with the possibility of a hike in 2022, said Krishna Guha, vice president of Evercore.

Oil contracts fell back on Wednesday morning. Investors will no doubt closely follow the upcoming negotiations between Iran and the European Union, which could help revive the Iranian nuclear agreement, indicates ANZ. At 7:20 a.m., the December Brent North Sea contract was down 60 cents to $85.80 a barrel. The same term contract on light sweet crude oil (WTI) listed on the Nymex yielded 75 cents, at 83.88 dollars a barrel.