Start in the red for Wall Street, on fears of the upcoming Federal Reserve squeeze: the American Central Bank on Wednesday will have to decide the extent of the new rate hike and there are those who are starting to discount a 1% increase.
The Dow Jones immediately lost 0.63% and the Nasdaq lost half a point.
The negative start of the week by the New York Stock Exchange does not help the Europeans, which are already weak.
But the lists have smoothed a bit 'the losses this morning.
Milan loses just over half a point in line with Madrid, while Paris loses almost a point and Frankfurt a quarter of a point.
London is closed for mourning on the occasion of Elizabeth II's funeral.
Natural gas opened the week slightly down -185 euros per megawatt / hour - following last week's trend.
European stocks are now over 85% and Italian ones 87.2%.
Oil slows down more sharply: Brent is quoted at 88.6 dollars a barrel and US crude oil at 82.4.
Prices are down by more than 30% from their highs since the beginning of the year: aggressive monetary tightening and fears of recession weighed on the outlook for demand.