MARKET POINT-Fall in equities in sight while waiting for inflation in the United States (updated)

(Updated with futures contracts, opening of the bond market in Europe, closing of Tokyo, final inflation in Germany) * Fall in sight in Europe, US futures retreat * Consumer prices in the USA on the agenda * The ten years 2.8% * Oil prices rise by Laetitia Volga PARIS, April 12 (Reuters) – The main European stock markets are expected to fall on Tuesday at the opening and government bond yields continue to climb with the fear of runaway inflation likely to lead to greater monetary tightening in the United States. Futures contracts indicate a drop of 1.4% for the Paris CAC 40 .FCHI , 1.41% for the Dax in Frankfurt .GDAXI , 0.53% for the FTSE in London .FTSE and 1.36 % for the EuroStoxx 50. The theme of inflation is essential with the approach of the publication of the monthly figures for consumer prices in the United States (12:30 GMT), a further acceleration of which could comfort the Federal Reserve in the scenario of more pronounced monetary tightening than expected. The Reuters consensus is calling for US consumer prices to rise 8.4% year on year in March, which would represent the biggest rise in the index since January 1982. “We’re pretty hawkish in terms of rising U.S. rates and we believe it’s not just the extent of monetary tightening but its pace that will impact investors,” Elizabeth Tian, ​​head of fixed income management at Citigroup, told Reuters. Sidney. “Equity markets have been very strong…but we expect the Fed meeting in May to result in an announcement on tapering monetary easing and that’s when- where we might see volatility emerge in equities,” she added. In Germany, inflation harmonized with European standards (HICP) reached its highest level in more than 40 years, at 7.6% year on year in March, according to final figures published by Destatis. nZRN0048VD STOCKS TO WATCH: nL5N2W94F1 ON WALL STREET The New York Stock Exchange ended lower on Monday, as the continued rise in bond yields weighed on major growth stocks. The Dow Jones Index .DJI fell 1.19% to 34,308.08 points, the S&P-500 .SPX lost 1.68% to 4,412.83 points, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC fell 2.18 % at 13,411.96 points. Futures currently suggest a decline of 0.25% to 0.4% at the open. IN ASIA On the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the Nikkei .N225 fell 1.81% to a four-week low as technology stocks, heavyweights in the index, fell in the wake of the negative session on Wall Street. Resona Asset Management chief strategist Koichi Kurose pointed out that concerns over China’s COVID-19 lockdown and rising commodity prices were also affecting the trend. In China, the large-cap CSI 300 .CSI300 (+1.53%) and the Shanghai SSE index .SSEC (+1.2%) turned higher, a move analysts explain by the relaxation of video game regulations. nL5N2W93HT RATES On the bond market, the yield on the ten-year US government bond rose more than four basis points to 2.8224% after hitting its highest level in session since December 2018 at 2.8360% . US10YT=RR Its German equivalent gained in early trading nearly three basis points, to 0.833% at its highest since July 2015 DE10YT=RR . Ditto for the ten-year French, which climbs to 1.348%. FR10YT=RR EXCHANGES Variations are limited on the foreign exchange market where the dollar climbs 0.22% against a basket of benchmark currencies for its ninth session of consecutive increases under the effect of expectations of a rate hike by the Fed. .DXY The euro gave up a little ground, around 1.0863 dollar, after having been supported the day before by the results of the ballot of the first round of the presidential election in France. EUR= OIL Oil prices rise, erasing some of the previous day’s losses, as the market weighed the possibility of sanctions against the Russian energy sector nL5N2W91U3 and OPEC warned that it would be unable to offset the loss Russian crude. Brent LCOc1 gained 2.97% to $101.4 a barrel and US light crude (West Texas Intermediate, WTI) CLc1 gained 3.13% to $97.24. On Monday, they both lost around 4% amid fears for demand with the health crisis in China. MAIN ECONOMIC INDICATORS ON THE APRIL 12 AGENDA: COUNTRY GMT PREVIOUS CONSENSUS PERIOD INDICATOR 09:00 ZEW April sentiment index -48.0 -39.3 USA investors 12:30 March price index +1.2% +0, 8% consumption – over one year +8.4% +7.9% (Laetitia Volga, edited by Bertrand Boucey and Jean-Michel Bélot) ((Rédaction de Paris; +33 1 49 49 50 00;)) ((Les values ​​to follow on the Paris Stock Exchange and in Europe WATCH/LFR ))