The Paris Bourse is expected to rise slightly on Monday morning in the wake of Wall Street's strong rebound on Friday, but spreads are likely to remain limited ahead of the many events scheduled over the next few days.

At around 8:15 a.m., the 'future' contract - May delivery - climbed 38.5 points to 8083.5, suggesting a favorable start to the week.

Although most European markets will be closed on Wednesday for the May 1st holiday, the week's economic agenda promises to be a busy one, culminating in the Fed's monetary policy meeting, which will deliver its policy decisions on Wednesday evening.

No rate changes are expected at this meeting, but investors will once again be looking to Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to clear up the fog in which they have been operating for the past few weeks.

This comes at a time when the latest US inflation figures have rekindled fears that monetary easing by the Federal Reserve will come later than expected, and may not materialize until November.

Employment figures, due out on Friday, should testify to the strength of the US economy, with 250,000 new jobs expected in April, compared with 303,000 in March.

Thanks to good results from Microsoft and Alphabet, Wall Street finished in the green on Friday, and even signed up to its best week of the year in the process, with a weekly gain of over 4% for the Nasdaq.

The week ahead could see the heavily technology-weighted index return to its absolute record highs, driven by results from the sector's mega-cap companies.

Amazon's quarterly results on Tuesday evening, followed by Apple's on Thursday, will shed light on the current form of the tech giants and their ability to continue pulling the equity markets higher.

Among the avalanche of results expected across the Atlantic later this week are those of AMD, 3M, Coca-Cola, Eli Lilly, Pfizer, McDonald's and Qualcomm.

In Europe, the accounts of adidas, ArcelorMittal, Crédit Agricole, Legrand, Mercedez-Benz, Société Générale and Volkswagen will also be closely watched.

Investors are also awaiting monthly consumer price figures for the eurozone, due tomorrow, which should also fuel the debate on the pace of future ECB monetary easing.

On the bond market, yields on ten-year Treasury bonds are continuing to fall back below 4.67%, after reaching their highest levels of the year last week.

On the Old Continent, the upturn is also continuing, with the German ten-year equivalent currently stabilizing at around 2.57%.

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