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French stocks traded lower on Tuesday as investors waited for U.S. inflation data and the start of the U.S. earnings season. France’s trade deficit decreased in November due to a sharp fall in imports, with the trade deficit narrowing more than expected to EUR 5.9 billion. Exports and imports both fell on a yearly basis, and Eurozone unemployment figures are awaited. The benchmark CAC 40 was down 0.3 percent at 7,428 after gaining 0.4 percent the previous day. In corporate news, camping vans maker Trigano jumped 3 percent after posting higher revenue in its fiscal first quarter.



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