India, Feb. 19 -- French stocks are drifting lower Wednesday morning, shifting to reverse gear after successive days of gains. Fears of fresh tariffs by the U.S. after President Donald Trump spoke about the possibility of a 25% levy on imports of automobile, semiconductors and pharma products from April, weigh on sentiment.
Trump, continuing with his aggressive stance on trade, reiterated that U.S. will charge reciprocal tariff to trading partners which would be 'no more, no less' levied by other countries.
Higher bond yields also appear to be keeping keeping investors on edge.
The benchmark CAC 40, moving in a very narrow range between 8,185.36 and 8,208.67, was down 16.16 points or 0.21% at 8,190.40 a few minutes ago.
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