India, July 1 -- French stocks are exhibiting weakness on Tuesday amid uncertainty about trade negotiations between the U.S. and major nations in Europe and elsewhere ahead of the July 9 deadline for reciprocal tariffs. Investors are also digesting the region economic data, including reports on eurozone inflation and French manufacturing PMI reading.
The benchmark CAC was down 35.73 points or 0.47% at 7,630.18 a little while ago.
Thales is down by about 2.7%. ArcelorMittal is declining 2.1%, while Airbus, Safran, STMicroElectronics and Saint Gobain are down 1.6 to 2%.
Publicis Groupe, BNP Paribas, Michelin, Legrand, Stellantis and Schneider Electric are also notably lower.
Among the gainers, LVMH is rising 3.5% and Kering is up nearly 3...