European equity markets expected to fall in the wake of Asia. The Eurostoxx 50 opens at 4,255.01 points (-0.25%), the CAC 40 at 7,086.58 points (-0.28%), the DAX 40 at 15,756.31 points (+1.04% ), the FTSE 100 at 7,372.10 points (-0.02%), the SMI at 12,785.32 points (+0.56%), the AEX at 790.48 points (-0.23%), the BEL 20 at 4,264.44 points (-0.06%), IBEX 35 at 8,563.70 points (+1.24%), DJIA at 35,950.56 points, the Nasdaq at 15,653.37 points, the S&P 500 at 4,725.79 points and the Nikkei 225 at 28,676.46 points (-0.37%).

Regarding exchange rates, the change from the close in New York indicates that EUR/USD at 1.1318 (-0.04%), EUR/JPY at 129.53 (+0 .01%), USD/JPY at 114.45 (+0.05%).

Futures contracts on European equity markets fell on Monday morning, as did the main Asian stock indices. Around 7:20 a.m., the CAC 40 futures contract fell 20.4 points, or 0.3%, according to data from broker IG Markets. The DAX 40 contract lost 33.3 points, or 0.2%. The London Stock Exchange will remain closed on Monday due to a public holiday. The New York Stock Exchange rose on Thursday and the S&P 500 index hit a new closing high, the 68th since the start of the year. Investors reacted to mixed economic indicators as fears over the Omicron variant eased. The US market remained closed on Friday for Christmas celebrations. Last week, the Dow Jones index eroded 0.3%, the S&P 500 advanced 1.5% and the Nasdaq Composite gained 3.6%.

In Asia, equity markets are down. In Tokyo, the Nikkei index closed down 0.4%, under the effect of the decline in the energy and air transport sectors. The pandemic disrupted airline activity over the weekend, with thousands of flights canceled around the world. The Shanghai Composite index lost 0.2% Monday at the end of the session. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange is closed on Monday.

The rate of the ten-year US government bond fell 1.1 basis points on Monday morning, to 1.484%, while that of the two-year title gained 0.9 basis points, to 0.701 %.

The euro was almost stable on Monday morning against the dollar and the yen, while the dollar rose slightly against the Japanese currency.

Oil futures are moving in haphazard fashion on Monday morning as investors' attention shifts to the upcoming OPEC+ meeting, which brings together members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and their allies, January 4. On this date, the cartel should decide on a possible increase in its production of 400,000 barrels per day. Around 7:30 a.m., the February North Sea Brent contract lost 23 cents to $75.91 a barrel. The contract of the same maturity on light sweet crude (WTI) listed on the Nymex yielded 94 cents, at 72.85 dollars a barrel. WTI did not trade on Friday due to US markets being closed due to Christmas celebrations.