European equity markets expected lower after Wall Street downturn. The Eurostoxx 50 opens at 4,315.90 points (-0.01%), the CAC 40 at 7,201.14 points (-0.50%), the DAX 40 at 16,031.59 points (+0.13% ), the FTSE 100 at 7,563.85 points (+0.16%), the SMI at 12,620.44 points (-0.39%), the AEX at 791.33 points (+0.11%), the BEL 20 at 4,257.13 points (-0.17%), the IBEX 35 at 8,816.90 points (+0.53%), the DJIA at 36,113.62 points (-0.49%), the Nasdaq at 14,806.81 points (-2.51%), the S&P 500 at 4,659.03 points (-1.42%), the Nikkei 225 at 28,124.28 points (-1.28%).

On the exchange rate side, the variation compared to the closing in New York, the EUR/USD opens at 1.1479 (+0.21%), the EUR/JPY at 130.52 (-0 .19%) and USD/JPY at 113.71 (-0.41%).

The airline group Air France-KLM for its part announced Thursday that it approved the decision of the KLM supervisory board according to which Pieter Elbers, the general manager and chairman of the executive board of the Dutch subsidiary, will not carry out a third mandate. The decision "was taken in close consultation with Pieter Elbers," the group said in a statement, adding that KLM's supervisory board would launch the process of identifying a successor "in due course".

European equity markets are expected to open sharply lower on Friday, in response to comments from several US central bankers, in favor of a more restrictive monetary policy, and the decline in Wall Street, penalized by the fall in major technology stocks. Around 7:40 a.m., the CAC 40 futures contract was down 41.5 points, or 0.6%, according to data from broker IG Markets. The DAX 40 contract was down 71 points, or 0.4%, and the FTSE 100 contract was down 31 points, or 0.4% as well. The markets will be interested in the publication on Friday of the trade balance of the euro zone in November, the gross domestic product of Germany in 2021 and that of the United Kingdom in December. Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), will deliver a speech at the Conference of Parliamentary Committees for Community Affairs (COSAC). Investors will also be watching for earnings releases from US banking industry heavyweights JPMorgan, Wells Fargo and Citigroup. In Asia, the main stock indices fell back on Friday in the wake of Wall Street. The Nikkei index closed down 1.3% in Tokyo, while the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's Hang Seng lost 0.6% at the end of the session. The Shanghai Composite index also yielded 0.6%.

Yields on U.S. Treasury bonds rose Friday morning after falling on Thursday as 10- and 30-year bond rates hit their lowest levels in more than a week following a $22 billion auction. 'obligations.

The euro rose Friday morning against the dollar but fell against the yen, like the greenback. Statements by several Fed officials about the need to fight inflation have made investors nervous, MUFG Bank said. According to Bank of America, the euro is expected to depreciate against the dollar this year as the Fed expects to raise rates before the European Central Bank. The investment bank expects the euro to fall to $1.10 by the end of the year.

Oil prices are moving in scattered order on Friday morning. By 7:20 a.m., the March North Sea Brent contract was up 7 cents, at $84.54 a barrel. The Nymex-listed light sweet crude (WTI) February contract was down 18 cents at $81.94 a barrel. Oil futures ended lower on Thursday as a sharp rise in U.S. gasoline inventories last week sparked concerns over Omicron's impact on fuel demand, even as national crude reserves are at their lowest level since 2018.