Equity markets expected higher after Wall Street rebound. The Eurostoxx 50 opens at 3,802.01 points (-0.59%), the CAC 40 at 6,461.68 points (-0.57%), the DAX 40 at 14,078.15 points (-0.52% ), the FTSE 100 at 7,551.81 points (-0.47%), the SMI at 12,372.46 points (+0.42%), the AEX at 716.53 points (-0.44%), the BEL 20 at 4,163.15 points (+0.05%), IBEX 35 at 8,467.40 points (-0.17%), DJIA at 34,583.57 points (+0.25%), Nasdaq at 13,897.30 points (+0.06%), the S&P 500 at 4,500.21 points (+0.43%) and the Nikkei 225 at 26,931.87 points (+0.16%).

Regarding exchange rates, the change from the close in New York indicates that EUR/USD opens at 1.0859 (-0.19%), EUR/JPY at 134.62 (-0.20%) and USD/JPY at 123.98 unchanged.

The life insurance specialist CNP Assurances announced Thursday that its board of directors recommended that its shareholders tender their shares to La Banque Postale's takeover bid. The insurer's board of directors issued a favorable reasoned opinion on this offer of 21.90 euros per share, dividend attached, judging this proposal "in the interest of the company and its shareholders". On Friday, Getlink publishes its shuttle traffic figures for the month of March. Soditech and Gensight Biologics present their annual results.

European equity markets are expected to open higher on Friday after Wall Street rebounded as major US indices closed positive after two days of declines. At 7:20 a.m., the CAC 40 futures contract gained 56.7 points, or 0.9%, according to data from broker IG Markets. The contract on the DAX 40 rose by 102.5 points, or 0.7%, and that on the FTSE 100 took 52.5 points, or 0.7%.

The New York Stock Exchange closed slightly higher on Thursday, despite new tensions on bond rates due to the extent of monetary tightening expected across the Atlantic. The market reacted to the announcement of a decline in jobless claims to their lowest level in 54 years in the United States. Initial jobless claims fell to 166,000 last week, against an economists consensus of 200,000. In Asia, the main markets evolved in a contrasting way on Friday. In Tokyo, the Nikkei index rose 0.2% at the end of the session. The Hang Seng index of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange dropped 0.5% and the Shanghai Composite took 0.1%.

The yield on the ten-year US Treasury bond, the market benchmark, continues to climb to levels not seen since 2019 as investors assess the US Federal Reserve's (Fed) plans to begin to reduce its balance sheet by almost 9,000 billion dollars. Around 7:20 am, this rate stood at 2.666%, against 2.615% Thursday evening. On Thursday, 10- and 30-year Treasury yields rose, while the 2-year yield fell, leading to a 22 basis point spread between 2-year and 10-year bond yields. years.

The euro fell against the dollar and the yen on Friday morning, while the greenback was stable against the Japanese currency. The strengthening of the dollar in recent days has mainly been visible against currencies linked to commodities, underlines Lee Hardman, currency analyst at MUFG Bank.

Oil futures are losing ground on Friday morning after posting a third straight session of declines on Thursday. At 7:15 a.m., the June contract on Brent lost 72 cents, or 0.7%, to 99.86 dollars a barrel, while that of May on the light sweet crude (WTI) quoted on the Nymex lost 53 cents, or 0 .5%, to 95.51 dollars a barrel.