India, March 20 -- French stocks are down in negative territory on Thursday, in line with other markets in Europe, with investors cashing in recent gains. Worries about the impact of tariffs and geopolitical tensions appear to be weighing as well.
On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve held interest rates, and signaled a couple of quarter percentage point cuts this year. The Swiss National Bank lowered its benchmark rate earlier today, and investors now await the Bank of England's monetary policy.
The benchmark CAC 40 was down 99.19 points or 1.21% at 8,072.28 a few minutes ago.
Thales, Airbus Group, Stellantis, Saran and ArcelorMittal are down 3 to 4%.
BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, Edenred, Renault, Teleperformance and STMicroElectronics a...