Share prices continue to fall

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Tue 08/07/2008 - 12:05 Share prices on the Brussels Euronext Stock Exchange fell below 3,000 points during trading on Tuesday morning. The fall follows a 2.5% drop in share values on the Tokyo Stock Exchange during Monday night.

Shares in the financial services industry have been particularly badly hit.

Dexia, KBC and Fortis all saw their share values drop during Tuesday morning trading.

By midday, KBC was 3.4% down at 64.03 euros per share. Fortis had lost 2.9% of its share value with Fortis shares costing 9.56 euros.

The financial services group Dexia sustained the biggest losses on Tuesday morning with its share price falling by 5.4% to 8.88 euros.





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