BUZZ- Schneider Electric hits all-time high on Trump's plan to invest in AI
** Shares in Schneider Electric SCHN.PA rise almost 3% and hit an all-time high after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a private-sector $500 billion investment in AI infrastructure
** Both LBBW's analyst Volker Stoll and Berenberg's Philip Buller attribute the share move of the French industrials giant to Trump's announcement
** Buller also said that the whole sector was benefiting, in particular Siemens Energy ENR1n.DE and ABB ABBN.S which provide electric hardware for AI infrastructure
** Schneider's shares rise to the top of France's blue-chip CAC 40 Index .FCHI, hitting a record high of 270.45 euros earlier in the session
** Siemens Energy shares jump 8.1% and are on track for best day since mid-November if gains hold; Switzerland's ABB is up 2%
($1 = 0.9588 euros)
(Reporting by Michal Aleksandrowicz)
((michal.aleksandrowicz@tr.com))
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