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Bourses hit by carmakers

By Courtney Weaver

Published: October 21 2009 12:15 | Last updated: October 21 2009 19:51

Auto stocks succumbed to profit-taking on Wednesday after poor results from Peugeot weighed on the sector.

The French carmaker reported that third-quarter revenues fell 7.7 per cent year on year to €11.8bn, 4 per cent below analysts’ forecasts. While global volume sales rose 10 per cent, revenues fell 18 per cent in South America and 50 per cent in Russia.

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