India, March 28 -- French stocks are exhibiting weakness on Friday, extending recent declines, as investors continue to stay wary of making significant moves amid rising fears of a global trade war following the U.S. President's new tariff moves.

The market is also reacting to the latest batch of domestic and regional economic data.

The benchmark CAC 40 was down 30.84 points or 0.39% at 7,959.27 a few minutes ago. The index had dropped to 7,921.71 earlier in the session.

Edenred is down nearly 4%. Renault, Societe Generale, Dassault Systemes, STMicroElectronics, Hermes International, Schneider Electric, Thales, Stellantis, Kering, Capgemini, Saint Gobain, Airbus, Legrand, Safran and Essilor are down 1 to 2.5%.

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