European stock markets are expected to rise at the opening. The Eurostoxx 50 opens at 3,918.68 points (+0.41%), the CAC 40 at 6,684.31 points (+0.37%), the DAX 40 at 14,446.48 points (+0.22% ), the FTSE 100 at 7,537.90 points (+0.30%), the SMI at 12,179.08 points (+0.14%), the AEX at 728.00 points (+0.52%), the BEL 20 at 4,200.01 points (+0.99%), IBEX 35 at 8,503.70 points (+0.69%), DJIA at 34,818.27 points (+0.40%), Nasdaq at 14,261.50 points (+0.29%), the S&P 500 at 4,545.86 points (+0.34%) and the Nikkei 225 at 27,698.36 points (+0.12%).

With regard to exchange rates, the variation compared to the closing in New York indicates that EUR/USD at 1.1047 (+0.01%), EUR/JPY at 135.45 at (+ 0.08%) and USD/JPY at 122.62 (+0.07%).

Investors will be watching Orange stock on Monday as the telecoms operator's new chief executive, Christel Heydemann, takes office.

European equity markets are expected to open higher on Monday as investors continue to monitor developments in Ukraine. At 7:45 a.m., the CAC 40 futures contract was up 24 points, or 0.4%, according to data from broker IG Markets. The contract on the DAX 40 gained 53 points, or 0.4% also, and that on the FTSE 100 advanced by 34 points, or 0.5%. New Western sanctions could be adopted against Russia. In this context, Monday's regular meeting of eurozone finance ministers will be closely watched by investors.

In Asia, the main indices are moving up on Monday. At the end of the session, the Nikkei index gained 0.1% in Tokyo. The Hang Seng won 1.6% as Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced she would not seek a second term. Mainland China stock exchanges are closed due to a public holiday in the country. On Friday evening, Wall Street closed slightly higher, after the publication of a jobs report confirming the recovery of the American economy to its pre-pandemic levels. The Dow Jones Index (DJIA) gained 0.4% to 34,818.27 points, and the broader S&P 500 index rose 0.3% to 4,545.86 points. The Nasdaq Composite also took 0.3%, to 14,261.50 points.

The yield on the ten-year US Treasury bond continued to rise Monday morning, standing at 2.415%, after ending at 2.385% on Friday night in New York. US Treasury bond yields were supported on Friday by the strength of the monthly US payrolls report, after falling in previous sessions due to end-of-quarter buying. Yields on short-term Treasuries rose more than longer-term ones on Friday, reflecting expectations that the Fed could start raising its key rate in half-percentage-point increments at its next meetings to to try to control inflation. Bond investors pay particular attention to wage growth, which can fuel headline inflation over the long term. But March data showed that wages were rising at a rapid pace.

The euro posted a slight increase against the dollar on Monday. The greenback barely reacted to the news of robust job creation in the United States in March, while yield spreads moved slightly in favor of the other G10 currencies, leaving them almost unchanged at the end of the week against the US currency, says Jonathan Petersen of Capital Economics.

Crude oil futures are trading slightly higher on Monday morning. By 7:30 a.m., the June contract on Brent was up 16 cents, at $104.55 a barrel, while the May contract on Nymex-listed light sweet crude (WTI) was up 4 cents, at $99.34 a barrel.