French stocks rose slightly on Tuesday as the latest business activity data painted a mixed picture of the economy. While the dominant services sector expanded in April for the first time in almost a year, the manufacturing sector stayed put in decline due to a deceleration of activity.
French stocks fell in cautious trade on Tuesday as traders awaited cues from upcoming U.S. inflation data and the ECB policy meeting. In economic releases, France's trade deficit decreased in February as exports rose faster than imports, data released by the customs office showed earlier today.
French stocks traded higher on Monday as Middle East tensions eased, and investors looked ahead to an ECB policy meeting due later this week for important clues on the interest rate patch.
France is to provide Ukraine with additional armoured vehicles and anti-aircraft missiles, taken from old but still functional equipment in French stocks, Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu has said in remarks published on Sunday. The equipment includes wheeled armoured personnel carriers of the type VAB and missiles of type Aster for the SAMP/T systems. The VABs were key to troop mobility along the long front and had been requested by Ukraine, which has previously taken delivery of vehicles of
French stocks were little changed on Friday as investors digested hawkish comments from a Federal Reserve official and awaited remarks from European Central Bank policymakers, including President Christine Lagarde for direction.