US MARKETS:

S&P 500 futures down 0.07% to 2,941.00
Brent Futures up 0.3% to $72.27/bbl
Gold spot up 0.4% to $1,284.33
US Dollar Index down 0.2% to 97.65

GLOBAL NEWS:

Earnings season. Airbus, Orange, Thales, Rexel, Nordea, Lufthansa, Beiersdorf, BP Plc, Banco Santander, Glencore, Apple, Mastercard, Pfizer, Merck, McDonald's, Eli Lilly, Amgen, and General Electric are among companies reporting earnings today.

Final stretch. The Nasdaq has extended its offer for Oslo Bors by one month, which Euronext is also monitoring. The French are one step ahead with commitments covering more than 50% of the capital. Will the Norwegian Ministry of Finance, which has the power to soften one or both actors, have the final say? Verdict before May 14.

Muilenburg right in his boots. Boeing's CEO defended the B737 MAX at the group's general meeting, which was stormy, but cut short the press conference that followed. However, Dennis Muilenburg maintained his dual role as president and chief executive officer. As in the previous year, the resolution to separate the two functions was postponed to about 66%.

Mediocre stars. Alphabet's revenues were disappointing, causing the share price to fall by 7% after the session: revenue growth slowed down and investors are wondering about the increase in costs facing the group. Samsung is also disappointing with revenues below expectations, which have been revised downwards.

A lot of noise for nothing? Bloomberg reported security vulnerabilities in Huawei hardware installed in 2011 and 2012 at Vodafone, which the Chinese group confirmed, not without minimizing its scope. The British operator also confirmed that these deficiencies had been identified and corrected.

Cybercrime. Norsk Hydro has estimated the cyberattack that paralyzed part of its production in March at 450 million crowns. No ransom was paid.

Donald counterattacks. Donald Trump, three of his children and one of his companies filed a complaint against Deutsche Bank and Capital One to prevent them from collaborating in the investigation into the activities of the American President and his tax returns. The Trump family believes that the investigation launched at the initiative of the Democrats is purely political.

In other news. Standard Chartered will buy back £1 billion of its own shares. Yes Bank was down 30% on the stock market this morning, after an unexpected quarterly loss. Vale appoints Eduardo Bartolomeo as CEO. The We Company (WeWork) has filed its base document for an initial public offering in New York. Letter A' explains how International Business Machine reduces its taxes in France with the CIR and CICE. The SEC is interested in the transactions that preceded the announcement of a takeover of Anadarko. Alibaba has agreed to pay $250 million to settle complaints related to the lack of transparency on meetings with Chinese authorities on counterfeiting in its IPO document. In the same area, Brian Chesky, Airbnb's CEO, believes that his group will be ready for the stock market adventure later this year.