Lyonnais is a dialect of the Franco-Provençal language that was spoken in the region. Franco-Provençal (Francoprovençal) or Arpitan (in Italian: francoprovenzale, French: francoprovençal(e), German: Franko-Provenzalische) is a Romance language with several dialects in a linguistic sub-group separate from Langue dOïl and Langue dOc. ...
Lyonnais (PCL) shot up by more than 20 percent, or 7.78 euros, to 46.72 euros and BNP (PBNP)slipped 2.59 euros, or 5.3 percent, to 43 euros in early Paris trading on Monday.
He said making a full bid for Lyonnais was not an issue at the current time and would not lead to a change in leadership at Lyonnais, although he would like to establish "close dialogue" with the bank's management.
Credit Lyonnais, which has a market capitalisation of about 13 billion euros and is seen as too small to continue on its own in the long-term, held talks with Credit Agricole about a merger earlier this year before disagreements over the balance of power in a combined group scuppered a deal.