India, Feb. 6 -- French stocks are up firmly in positive territory Thursday morning as investors shrug off tariff concerns for now, and react to some impressive corporate earnings and data showing an improvement in the nation's construction activity.
The benchmark CAC 40 has climbed to 7,959.62, gaining 67.94 points or 0.86%.
Societe Generale shares are up nearly 10% on strong quarterly earnings. The bank said that net income for the fourth-quarter increased to 1.04 billion euros from 429 million euros in the year-ago quarter. Net banking income increased to 6.62 billion euros from 5.96 billion euros, the bank said.
Net income for 2024 increased to 4.20 billion euros from 2.49 billion euros, prior year. Earnings per ordinary share was 4....