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French stocks - Factors to watch on August 21

Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:38am EDT

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PARIS, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Below are leading stories from French newspaper and company-related news which could have an impact on the French market or individual stocks.

GEMALTO (GTO.PA)

The world's largest provider of smart cards raises its 2008 EBIT target after reporting operating income of 69 million euros for the first half, beating market expectations of 43 million.

DJ STOXX index.......................................STOXX Top 10 STOXX sectors............................PGL.STOXXS Top 10 STOXX sectors............................PGL.STOXXS Top 10 EUROSTOXX sectors.......................PGL.STOXXES Top 10 Eurofirst 300 sectors....................PL.FTEU3S Top 25 European pct gainers........................PG.PEUR Top 25 European pct losers.........................PL.PEUR

Main stock markets: Dow Jones................DJI Wall Street report .....[.N] Nikkei 225..............N225 Tokyo report............[.T] FTSE 100................FTSE London report...........[.L] Xetra DAX..............GDAXI Frankfurt market stories[.F] CAC-40..................FCHI Paris market stories...[.PA] World Indices......................................<0#.INDEX> Reuters survey of world bourse outlook..........EQUITYPOLL1 Western European IPO diary...........................WEUIPO European Asset Allocation.........................[EUR/ASSET]

Reuters News at a Glance: Equities...............[TOP/EQE]

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