Concerned about high energy prices, European equity markets are expected to open lower. The Eurostoxx 50 opens at 4,072.52 points (-0.02%), the CAC 40 at 6,570.54 points (+0.16%), the DAX 40 at 15,199.14 points (-0.05%), the FTSE 100 at 7,146.85 points (+0.72%), the SMI at 11,771.57 points (+0.06%), the AEX at 773.79 points (+0,06%), the AEX at 773.79 points (+0,07%) 0.23%), the BEL 20 at 4,161.33 points (+0.39%), the IBEX 35 at 8,899.00 points (-0.63%), the DJIA at 34.496.06 points (-0.72%), the Nasdaq at 14,486.20 points (-0.64%), the S&P 500 at 4,361.19 points (-0.69%) and the Nikkei 225 at 28.264.09 points down 0.82%

With respect to foreign exchange rates, the change compared to the close in New York indicates that EUR/USD opened at 1.1558 (+0.03%), EUR/JPY at 130.98 (+0.02%), and USD/JPY remained stable at 113.33.

On the macroeconomic front, the Banque de France confirmed on Monday evening that it expected economic growth of 6.3% in 2021. The central bank is counting on a 2.3% increase in gross domestic product (GDP) in the third quarter, compared to 2.7% expected by the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). The government and INSEE expect growth of 6.25% for the whole of 2021

European equity markets are expected to open lower on Tuesday as investors remain concerned about slowing growth and accelerating inflation, fuelled in particular by rising energy prices. At 7:45am, the CAC 40 futures contract gave up 45.7 points, or 0.7%, according to data from the broker IG Markets. The DAX contract lost 98.5 points, or 0.7% as well, and the FTSE 100 contract lost 45.8 points, or 0.6%. Investors are also being cautious as the earnings season starts in the United States on Wednesday, when American inflation figures will also be released in September. In the meantime, on Tuesday, they will focus on the leading economic indicator ZEW in Germany and the latest global economic outlook from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which holds its annual meetings in Washington throughout the week

In this context, Wall Street finished lower on Monday after a new surge in energy prices. The Dow Jones Index (DJIA) lost 0.7% to 34.496.06 points. The expanded S&P 500 index also fell 0.7% to 4,361.19 points. The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.6% to 14,846.20 points. In Asia, the main stock markets were trading in the red on Tuesday. At the end of the session, the Nikkei index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange lost 0.8%. The Shanghai Composite index fell 1.7% and in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng fell by 1%. The president, who started his campaign in late 2020 with a regulatory assault on private technology companies, ordered a series of inspections within Chinese financial institutions. According to people familiar with the project, the inspections, announced in September with few details, aim to determine whether public banks, investment funds and financial regulators have become too close to private companies, especially those that have recently come under Beijing's crosshairs, such as real estate developer China Evergrande Group, VTC specialist Didi Global, and

U.S. Treasury bond yields are changing shortly on Tuesday after the U.S. bond markets closed for a holiday Monday. At 7:45am, the yield on the ten-year bond stood at 1.1614%. JPMorgan Asset Management notes that while the recent rise in inflation is likely to be largely transitory, as the Federal Reserve (Fed) estimates, some of this high inflation is likely to continue.

The euro rose slightly against the dollar on Tuesday morning. However, the greenback could rise rapidly due to growing concerns about the transitory nature of inflation. Recent strength in commodity prices, combined with wage increases, seems to be fuelling more persistent price pressures, calling into question expectations of a possible delay in the Fed's schedule for reducing asset purchases due to weak job creation, IG adds. JPMorgan asked clients about growth in the fourth quarter and 68% of them expect the dollar to appreciate from current levels by the end of the year

Oil contracts changed little on Tuesday morning, after Nymex-traded oil of light mild crude (WTI) finished above $80 on Monday for the first time in nearly seven years and North Sea Brent reached its highest closing level in three years. At 7:35am, the December Brent contract gained 25 cents, at 83.90 dollars per barrel. The November WTI contract was 19 cents, at $80.71 per barrel