Markets await US inflation, equities should continue to rise. The Eurostoxx 50 opens at 4,204.09 points (+1.81%), the CAC 40 at 7,130.88 points (+1.46%), the DAX 40 at 15,482.01 points (+1.57% ), the FTSE 100 at 7,643.42 points (+1.01%), the SMI at 12,367.82 points (+1.75%), the AEX at 769.94 points (+1.87%), the BEL 20 at 4,103.97 points (+1.08%), IBEX 35 at 8,846.40 points (+1.98%), DJIA at 35,768.06 points (+0.86%), Nasdaq at 14,490.37 points (+2.08%), the S&P 500 at 4,587.18 points (+1.45%), the Nikkei 225 at 27,696.08 points (+0.42%).

Regarding the exchange rate, the variation compared to the close in New York indicates that the EUR/USD opens at 1.1427 (+0.01%), the EUR/JPY at 132.09 (+0.08%), USD/JPY at 115.60 (+0.05%).

European equity markets are expected to continue their rise on Thursday at the open, as investors, looking for clues on the Federal Reserve (Fed)'s next moves, anxiously await the latest inflation figures in the United States. United. At 7:20 a.m., the CAC 40 futures contract gained 35 points, or 0.5%, according to data from broker IG Markets. The contract on the DAX 40 gained 60 points, or 0.4%, and that on the FTSE 100 rose by 6.7 points, or 0.1%.

Wall Street ended sharply higher on Wednesday. Tech stocks took advantage in particular of the easing of bond yields to rebound. The Dow Jones Index (DJIA) gained 0.9% to 35,768.99 points, and the broader S&P 500 index gained 1.5% to 4,587.21 points. The Nasdaq Composite rose 2.1% to 14,490.37 points, after its decline the day before. In Asia, the markets presented a mixed picture on Thursday. The Nikkei index closed up 0.4% in Tokyo. At the end of the session, the Hang Seng of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange lost 0.1% and the Shanghai Composite yielded 0.3%.

Yields on US Treasury bonds pause on Thursday. At 7:20 a.m., the yield on the ten-year bond, the market benchmark, stood at 1.928%, after reaching its highest level since July 2019 on Tuesday, close to 2%. The yield on the two-year bond, more sensitive to the outlook for interest rates, hit a new 52-week high on Wednesday as investors braced for the release of US inflation data. United. Thursday morning, it fell slightly, to 1.355%.

The euro moved little against the dollar on Thursday morning, while traders in the foreign exchange market held their breath before the publication of inflation figures in the United States.

Oil futures are hesitant on Thursday morning, despite a sharper-than-expected decline in oil stocks in the United States, ANZ said. U.S. crude reserves fell by 4.8 million barrels to 410.4 million barrels in the week ending February 4, according to figures released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Energy. At 7:10 a.m., the April contract on Brent North Sea oil lost 31 cents to 91.24 dollars a barrel. The Nymex-listed light sweet crude (WTI) March contract was down 20 cents at $89.46 a barrel.