Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.2%, and the Stoxx Europe 600 indexwas up 0.4%. In Hong Kong, where markets reopened after the Lunar New Year holidays, the Hang Seng Index closed down 2.8% due to the coronavirus outbreak in China.

According to the latest report today, the coronavirus has caused 132 deaths in China, for nearly 6,000 cases of contamination. Patients are being diagnosed, for the time being in dribs and drabs, in other countries.

At Starbucks, which has had to close hundreds of stores in China, the CEO explained last night that the situation is very complex and that it is being monitored on a day-to-day basis: no question of drawing plans on the comet. Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVM, added: "if the coronavirus epidemic lasts a few months, the impact will be limited, if it lasts several years it's another matter". In other words, both bosses remain cautious but are not overly pessimistic.

Hong Kong is restricting flights from China, so is British Airways. While the United States has decided to raise the alert level for travel to China and evacuate its nationals, China has decided to stop individual travelers to Hong Kong. In addition, some border checkpoints will be closed and several flights from the mainland will be cancelled.

The investors will have today other centers of interest: the results of Apple and LVMH published yesterday evening and those of other stars of the quotation with the wire of the day: Novartis and Banco Santander in Europe then Facebook and Microsoft after the American closing. Not forgetting the Fed, which will give its first monetary verdict for 2020 today with a press conference in the aftermath. A status quo is expected.

A few words on the impeachment trial, where the leak of John Bolton's book could cause trouble. The New York Times has obtained excerpts from the book of the former National Security Advisor, who is reportedly willing to testify against the US President. He claims that Trump signaled that the aid to Ukraine was tied to investigations into Democrats, including the Bidens. In any case, Donald Trump's lawyers finished their argument yesterday without taking a keen interest in the event.

Today on the agenda, After the M3 money supply in the euro zone, investors will take note of US statistics: the trade balance and wholesalers' inventories, followed by sales in old housing and weekly oil inventories. Later, the Federal Reserve will give its verdict on its key rates, with a press conference starting at 8:30 pm.