India, May 2 -- French stocks are exhibiting strength on Friday amid easing concerns about U.S.-China trade tensions, after Beijing stated its willingness to engage in tariff negotiations with the United States.
At the same time, Beijing has also noted that the U.S. needs to show "sincerity" in negotiations and should be prepared to cancel its unilateral tariffs.
Investors are also digesting French manufacturing activity, and eurozone inflation data, in addition to reacting to corporate earnings updates.
The benchmark CAC, which climbed 7,679.01 earlier in the session, was up 119.34 points or 1.57% at 40 7,713.21 a few minutes ago.
Airbus is rising 5%. Airbus reported on Wednesday that it posted a net income of 793 million euros or 1.01...