PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus shares rose on Tuesday after the European planemaker won a deal worth tens of billions of dollars to sell 300 aircraft to China.
Airbus (PA:AIR) was up 1.9 percent in early session trading. French officials said the deal was worth some 30 billion euros (£25.75 billion) at catalogue prices. Planemakers usually grant significant discounts.
The Chinese order was announced late on Monday, coinciding with a visit to Europe by Chinese President Xi Jinping and matching a China record held by U.S. rival Boeing (NYSE:BA).
Investment bank Citigroup (NYSE:C) kept a "buy" rating on Airbus.
"We do not have details of the delivery schedule of this order, but China has been taking about 20-25 percent of Airbus production per year and given the A320 family is sold out at announced production rates out to 2024/25, we believe this increases the probability of Airbus moving to a production rate of 70 per month," wrote Citigroup.