French shares drop 1.46 pct on Friday

PARIS, June 18 (Xinhua) -- French shares lost on Friday, with the benchmark Paris CAC 40 down 1.46 percent, or 97.10 points, to close at 6,569.16 points.

Of the 40 selected large companies, 35 lost in the day.

French international financial group BNP Paribas lost 4.56 percent. French-Italian multinational STMicroelectronics lost 4.46 percent. French banking company Credit Agricole, went down by 4.08 percent.

French omnichannel company Teleperformance, advanced 0.96 percent. European commercial real estate company Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE rose 0.41 percent. European software company Dassault Systems rose 0.36 percent.