Worried about Evergrande, stock markets should open in the red. The Eurostoxx 50 opened at 4,130.84 points, down 0.94%, the CAC 40 at 6,570.19 points (-0.79%), the DAX 30 at 15,490.17 points (-1.03%), the FTSE 100 at 6,963.64 points (-0.91%), the SMI at 11,935.53 points (-0.77%), the AEX at 789.49 points (-1.09%), the BEL 20 at 4,133.21 points (-0.43%), the IBEX 35 at 8,760.90 points (+0.31%), the DJIA at 34.584.88 points (-0.48%), the Nasdaq at 15,043.97 points (-0.91%), the S&P 500 at 4,432.99 points (-0.91%) and the Nikkei 225 which rose to 30,500.05 points with an increase

On the foreign exchange rate side, the change from the close in New York indicates a general decrease. EUR/USD opened at 1.1715 down 0.10%, EUR/JPY down 0.07% at 128.77 (-0.17%) and USD/JPY at 109.93

Investors will be attentive on Monday to the announcement of the technical reference price of UMG shares, put on the stock market by Vivendi. This price will be announced after the European markets close.

European equity markets are expected to start trading lower on Monday, as the financial difficulties of Chinese real estate developer Evergrande weigh on investor sentiment. Investors are also being cautious ahead of monetary policy announcements by several major central banks, including the Federal Reserve (Fed), the Bank of England, and the Bank of Japan, this week. At 7:45am, the CAC 40 futures contract lost 39 points, or 0.6%, according to data from the broker IG Markets. The DAX contract lost 89 points, or 0.6%. The composition of the DAX, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange's flagship index, rose from 30 to 40 values on Monday. The FTSE 100 contract gave up 20 points, or

The Hang Seng, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's flagship index, fell by 3.3% at the end of the session, led by real estate values as investors worried about the potential impact of Evergrande's financial difficulties. The Chinese and Japanese stock markets are closed on Monday due to public holidays in these two countries. In the United States, the political battle over raising the debt ceiling is expected to intensify this week, with Democrats and Republicans still opposing each other on this point and doubts are emerging about the possibility of Congress acting before the federal government runs out of money. The stalemate alarms Wall Street analysts and business leaders who in recent weeks have issued warnings about the growing risk of a technical defect. The threat of such a default could derail markets and affect American economic growth

Wall Street finished lower on Friday as investors were nervous about uncertainties about the pace of the recovery and inflation. Volatility has also been exacerbated by fears of the “four witches”, the simultaneous expiration of stock and index futures and options. The Dow Jones Index (DJIA) lost 0.5% to 34.584.88 points, while the S&P 500 fell 0.9% to 4,432.99 points. For its part, the Nasdaq Composite Index, which is rich in technology stocks, fell by 0.9% to 15,043.97 points

U.S. Treasury bond yields rose on Friday, reaching their highest levels in at least a week before the Fed's monetary policy committee meeting. The rates were driven by the announcement of a household confidence index from the University of Michigan that was close to its lowest levels in the last ten years. The yield on the ten-year bond, the market's benchmark bond, closed at 1.371% on Friday

The euro fell against the dollar on Monday, penalized by a risk-averse movement prior to the Fed's monetary policy meeting. According to CBA, the risks for the dollar are on the downside. The bank expects the Fed to leave its policy unchanged and warns that any accommodative message could weigh on the US currency

Oil prices continued to fall Monday morning, while crude production in the Gulf of Mexico is slowly recovering after hurricanes Ida and Nicholas. At 7:40 a.m., the November North Sea Brent contract lost 56 cents, at $74.78 per barrel. The October contract for light sweet crude (WTI) listed on Nymex sold 61 cents at $71.36