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French bank stocks plunge, SocGen down 12 percent
PARIS : French banking stocks plummeted Thursday, led down by the giant Society Generale, which lost 12.09% after the
PARIS: French banking stocks plummeted Thursday, led down by the giant Society Generale, which lost 12.09% after the US Federal Reserve expressed concerns over its liquidity.
Stocks on the Paris exchange as a whole were down 6.0 percent but bank shares fell even more, with Credit Agricole losing 9.0 percent and BNP Paribas off 8.24 percent at 1415 GMT.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
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