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Shares in French bank BNP Paribas plummet after US verdict
Shares in French bank BNP Paribas plummet after US verdict
Economy
by  AFP

Shares in France's biggest bank, BNP Paribas, sank more than seven percent in trading on Monday, following a US court verdict late last week finding it liable for atrocities committed in Sudan. The big drop in BNP Paribas's shares in afternoon Paris trading outstripped a decline for other French banks, which sank around one percent.