Futures on the CAC40 are forecasting a more or less stable opening this Monday morning, following an agreement reached in extremis this weekend in Congress to avoid a 'shutdown', i.e. a partial closure of the federal administration in the USA.

The agreement on temporary funding will only last until November 17", Commerzbank reminds us, warning that "as a result, a new edition of the budget drama looms in a few weeks".

In the meantime, this agreement will avoid a postponement of the publication of certain US statistics, such as August's industrial orders and trade balance, and above all September's official employment report.

More generally, these days will also see the release of PMI activity indices - including those for the manufacturing sector on Monday - as well as data for the eurozone, such as the unemployment rate and producer prices for August.

In other stock news, Casino has announced that it has completed the sale of the first wave of 61 points of sale to Groupement Les Mousquetaires, and has extended the deadline for concluding a lock-up agreement with its creditors to October 3.

Traders will also be able to react to the results unveiled by agri-food group Bonduelle for its 2022-23 financial year, as well as those of healthcare IT specialist Equasens for the first six months of the year.

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