PARIS (Reuters) - Shares in French aerospace and engineering group Safran (>> SAFRAN) fell on Thursday after Boeing (>> Boeing Co) announced a temporary halt to test flights of its new 737 MAX aircraft due to an issue with the engine.
Safran, which makes the engine along with General Electric (>> General Electric Company), fell by around 1 percent in early trading.
Safran is currently in the process of trying to complete a merger with Zodiac Aerospace (>> Zodiac Aerospace).
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta. Editing by Jane Merriman)