BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT/PARIS (dpa-AFX) - French stocks fell notably on Thursday as new coronavirus cases continued to rise in the U.S. and Europe, offsetting optimism over an effective Covid-19 vaccine.
The state of New York has shut down schools in an effort to combat a second Covid wave as the U.S. death toll from the virus topped 250,000.
The benchmark CAC 40 fell 52 points, or 0.9 percent, to 5,459 after gaining half a percent on Wednesday.
Banks BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole and Societe Generale fell 1-2 percent.
Industrial group Bouygues was marginally higher after raising its outlook for the second half of the year.
Sanofi edged lower. The pharmaceutical company said that the European Commission has granted a marketing authorization for Supemtek, a quadrivalent (four-strain) recombinant influenza vaccine, for the prevention of influenza in adults aged 18 years and older.
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