European stock markets displayed a mixed performance on Thursday as investors absorbed a wave of corporate earnings and reacted to a series of trade and tariff announcements from U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of his Friday deadline.

On the economic front, initial data indicated that inflation remained steady month-over-month in two key German regions during July.

Meanwhile, Germany’s unemployment figures showed a modest increase of 2,000 in July, falling well short of analysts’ predictions, according to the labor office.

In market movements, the U.K.’s FTSE 100 Index is up 0.3%, while Germany’s DAX Index slipped 0.2%, and France’s CAC 40 Index fell 0.4%.

Among individual stocks, French utility giant Veolia Environnement (EU:VIE) dropped 1.7% after reporting a dip in first-half revenues.

Specialty biopharma company Ipsen (EU:IPN) saw its shares decline 4% despite reporting strong half-year results and raising its full-year outlook.

Hotel operator Accor (EU:AC) experienced a sharp 12% fall, following disappointing second-quarter revenue per available room (RevPAR) figures.

In the airline sector, Lufthansa (TG:LHA) posted slight gains, while Air France-KLM (EU:AF) surged 4.3% on the back of stronger-than-expected second-quarter profits.

Reinsurer SCOR (EU:SCR) shares fell 4% despite robust Q2 earnings.

Bouygues (EU:EN), a diversified firm in construction, media, and telecoms, declined 3.4% after reporting weak organic growth for the first half of the year.

French bank Societe Generale (EU:GLE) jumped 6.2% after raising its full-year profit guidance.

Pharmaceutical company Sanofi (EU:SAN) saw its shares drop nearly 3% after missing profit expectations for the quarter.

German defense electronics manufacturer Hensoldt (BIT:1HENS) rallied 3.5% following solid revenue growth and record order backlog in its first half of 2025 results.

Swiss cement producer Holcim (TG:HLBN) climbed 1.1%, beating profit forecasts for the quarter.

Steelmaker ArcelorMittal (EU:MT) slipped 3.6% after lowering its forecast for steel demand outside China.

Aerospace companies Safran (EU:SAF) and Rolls-Royce Holdings (LSE:RR.) rose 4% and 9%, respectively, after boosting their profit outlooks.

British American Tobacco (LSE:BATS) gained over 1% following better-than-expected first-half profits.

Energy giant Shell (LSE:SHEL) advanced 1.5% after reporting strong quarterly earnings and announcing a $3.5 billion share buyback plan over the next three months.

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