Markets expected to fall, the boss of Moderna doubts the effectiveness of vaccines against Omicron. The Eurostoxx 50 opens at 4,109.51 points (+0.49%), the CAC 40 at 6,776.25 points (+0.54%), the DAX 40 at 15,280.86 points (+0.16%) ), the FTSE 100 at 7,109.95 points (+0.94%), the SMI at 12,220.74 points (+0.18%), the AEX at 787.01 points (+0.69%), the BEL 20 at 4,139.68 points (+0.31%), IBEX 35 at 8,455.20 points (+0.62%), DJIA at 35,135.94 points (+0.68%), Nasdaq at 15,782 .83 points (+1.88%), the S&P 500 at 4,655.27 points (+1.32%) and the Nikkei 225 at 27,821.76 points (-1.63%).

Regarding exchange rates, the variation compared to the close in New York indicates that the EUR/USD is displayed at 1.1313 (+0.17%), the EUR/JPY at 128.03 (-0.15%), USD/JPY at 113.18 (-0.31%).

Investors will be watching a series of major economic indicators in France on Tuesday, including detailed third quarter gross domestic product (GDP) results, the first estimate of inflation in November and household consumption figures in October.

European equity markets are expected to return to a bearish path on Tuesday after Moderna chief executive Stephane Bancel told the Financial Times that existing vaccines would be less effective in combating the new Omicron variant of Covid-19. At 7:45 a.m., the CAC 40 futures contract fell 115 points, or 1.7%, according to data from broker IG Markets. The DAX 40 contract fell 224 points, or 1.5%, and the FTSE 100 contract fell 79 points, or 1.1%. Wall Street ended higher on Monday, erasing some of Friday's heavy losses. The Dow Jones Index (DJIA) gained 0.7% to 35,135.94 points, and the broader S&P 500 index gained 1.3% to 4,655.27 points. The Nasdaq Composite rose 1.9% to 15,782.83 points. The markets are also awaiting the first estimate of inflation in the euro zone in November. According to economists polled by the Wall Street Journal, the annual inflation rate in the euro zone should have reached 4.5% in November, against 4.1% in October. This new acceleration in prices would bring inflation to its highest level since the creation of this statistic 24 years ago and would take it further away from the 2% target of the European Central Bank (ECB). In Asia, the main stock markets continued their decline on Tuesday. The Nikkei index lost 1.6% in Tokyo, while the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's Hang Seng fell 2.4% at the end of the session.

After rebounding on Monday like all of the world's markets, US Treasury bond yields fell again on Tuesday morning, affected by concerns over the Omicron variant. At 7:45 a.m., the rate of the ten-year title fell to 1.470%, against 1.500% on Monday evening.

The euro appreciates Tuesday morning against the dollar, after the words of Jerome Powell. At 7:45 a.m., the euro gained 0.2% to 1.1316 dollars.

Oil futures traded lower Tuesday morning on fears over the Omicron variant. Due to the potential dangerousness of this variant, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) postponed its technical meeting in order to have more time to assess the situation. Around 7:20 a.m., the February North Sea Brent contract lost $1.88, or 2.6%, to $71.34 a barrel. The Nymex-listed light sweet crude (WTI) January contract was down $1.92, or 2.7%, at $68.03 a barrel.