European markets should attempt a rebound after their heavy fall on Friday. The Eurostoxx 50 opens at 4,089.58 points (-4.74%), the CAC 40 at 6,739.73 points (-4.75%), the DAX 40 at 15,257.04 points (-4.15%) , the FTSE 100 at 7,044.03 points (-3.64%), the SMI at 12,199.21 points (-2.01%), the AEX at 781.63 points (-3.21%), the BEL 20 at 4,126.73 points (-2.61%), the IBEX 35 at 8,402.70 points (-4.96%), the DJIA at 34,899.34 points (-2.53%), the Nasdaq 15,491, 66 points (-2.23%), the S&P 500 at 4,594.62 points (-2.27%) and the Nikkei 225 at 28,283.92 points (-1.63%).

With regard to exchange rates, the variation from the close in New York indicates a bearish trend. EUR/USD at 1.1283 (-0.31%), EUR/JPY at 127.88 (-0.33%), USD/JPY at 113.35 (-0.02%) .

European equity markets are expected to try to recover on Monday, after the heavy losses suffered on Friday in reaction to the appearance of a new, potentially highly contagious variant of the virus responsible for Covid-19. At 7:35 am, the futures contract on the CAC 40 was up 85 points, or 1.3%, according to data from broker IG Markets. The contract on the DAX 40 gained 155 points, or 1%, and that on the FTSE 100 advanced by 79 points, or 1.1%.

Penalized by Boeing, the Dow Jones index (DJIA) lost more than 900 points, or 2.5%, to 34,899.34 points, signing its largest decline in a session since October 2020. The broader S&P 500 index lost 2.3% to 4,594.62 points, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 1% to 15,491.66 points. This is the worst Black Friday in history for all three indices. In Asia, the main stock markets continued their decline on Monday, penalized in particular by the values of tourism and transport. The Nikkei index lost 1.6% in Tokyo, while the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's Hang Seng fell 1.1% at the end of the session. The Shanghai Composite lost 0.3% at the same time. As for economic indicators, investors will follow Monday the first estimate of inflation in Germany in November.

The yield on the ten-year US Treasury bond rose Monday morning, standing at 1.520% at 7:35 a.m., from 1.479% Friday evening.

The euro retreated on Monday morning against the dollar, which is expected to remain at high levels this week, CBA said, even if the markets lowered their forecasts for monetary policy tightening by the Federal Reserve (Fed). to the uncertainty created by the Omicron variant.

Oil contracts are moving higher on Monday morning, after falling sharply on Friday as news of the Omicron variant sent the market into a panic. By 7:30 a.m., the January North Sea Brent contract was up $2.84, or 3.9%, at $75.56 a barrel. The same-maturity contract on light sweet crude oil (WTI) listed on the Nymex was up $3.22, or 4.7%, at $71.37 a barrel.