India, June 6 -- French stocks are down slightly in negative territory Friday morning, as disappointing industrial production data, and trade tensions weigh on sentiment.
Investors are also looking ahead to the release of U.S. non-farm payrolls report, due later in the day.
On the trade front, tensions persist despite Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump holding a much-anticipated call on Thursday to resolve trade issues.
The benchmark CAC 40 was down 2.96 points or 0.04% at 7,787.31 a few minutes ago. The index, which dropped to 7,769.84 in early trades, advanced to 2,797.98 subsequently.
Thales is down by about 2.2%, while Hermes International, Kering and STMicroElectronics are down 1.3 to 1.5%.
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