PARIS (Reuters) – French bank BNP Paribas on Tuesday posted a 19.2% rise in net income in the first quarter, helped by a sharp increase in trading activities and said it kept 2025 targets amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict and a worsening economic growth outlook. France’s biggest listed lender said in a statement net profit reached 2.11 billion euros ($2.22 billion) in the quarter from 1.77 billion a year ago, with revenue up by 11.7% and charges for bad loans down by 49.1%. Revenue in fixed-income, currency and commodities trading rose by 47.9%, while equity trading revenue soared 60.9%. BNP Pa…