Advertisement
UK markets open in 2 hours 42 minutes
  • NIKKEI 225

    38,778.94
    +288.77 (+0.75%)
     
  • HANG SENG

    18,533.22
    +108.26 (+0.59%)
     
  • CRUDE OIL

    74.46
    +0.39 (+0.53%)
     
  • GOLD FUTURES

    2,387.20
    +11.70 (+0.49%)
     
  • DOW

    38,807.33
    +96.04 (+0.25%)
     
  • Bitcoin GBP

    55,429.58
    -19.45 (-0.04%)
     
  • CMC Crypto 200

    1,523.10
    +49.36 (+3.35%)
     
  • NASDAQ Composite

    17,187.90
    +330.86 (+1.96%)
     
  • UK FTSE All Share

    4,502.58
    +5.70 (+0.13%)
     

French presidency: Amazon to announce new 1.2 bln euros investment in France

PARIS, May 12 (Reuters) - U.S. internet giant Amazon will announce a new 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) investment in France, the French presidency said on Sunday ahead of the start of the country's annual "Choose France" event.

It added that GSK would also announce new investments while Accenture would announce plans to set up new jobs in the artificial intelligence sector. The Choose France event begins on Monday. ($1 = 0.9286 euros) (Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Elizabeth Pineau; Editing by Hugh Lawson)