Chemistry, Para-chemistry & Metallurgy

(AOF) - Difficult session for the chemical sector, affected by poor quarterly results of Lanxess which has lost 5.58% at 43.895 euros shortly before noon. The German group witnessed the largest decline in Dax after the publication of a quarterly net income declined by 95% and abandoning its target of EBITDA of 1.4 billion euros in 2014 excluding exceptional items in its wake Arkema (-1.61% to 75.20) and Solvay (-1.03%).