A parliament under assault, threats, shootings, deaths. Donald Trump will mark the history of the United States, but not in the way he had hoped. Across media, the qualifiers are numerous to describe the irruption of the supporters of the President of the United States in the Capitol, to prevent the validation of the victory of his successor, Joe Biden. "Events", "demonstration", "riots", "Insurrection", "Chaos" and even "attempted coup". The symbol is strong and calls multiply for Donald Trump to be held accountable.

In the face of these "events", to use the most watered-down term on the list, Wall Street has once again shown a remarkable, or some would say disturbing, indifference. The rise of the Dow Jones and the S&P500 has certainly been curtailed, but the gains have remained robust. As for the Nasdaq, it took a nosedive, but for other reasons: Democrats finally won the two senatorial seats at stake in Georgia, which completely changes the game since they will control the White House and both chambers. That is, if all goes to plan, of course. In the minds of investors, this camp is more likely than the Republicans to reign in tech giants. This remains to be proven, but it explains the index divergence of the day before. In any case, Joe Biden's win has now been formally confirmed by the Congress.

Meanwhile, the number of Americans filing first-time claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly dropped last week, reaching 787,000 for the week ended Jan. 2, compared to 790,000 in the prior week, the Labor Department said.

Today on the agenda, we have German factory orders, November retail sales, December business confidence index and December inflation in Europe. In the United States, the Challenger study on layoffs is due, as well as weekly unemployment registrations, the trade balance and the ISM services index.