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Paris stocks down as banks plunge again
PARIS : The French stock exchange opened down again Tuesday, led by plunging bank shares, with high street giants BNP Pa
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The CAC40 index as a whole was down 0.75 percent on 2,918.07, but all eyes were on the banks, following overnight reports that German engineering firm Siemens had withdrawn half-a-billion euros from a French lender.
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