SocGen CEO: Bank has limited exposure to Spain and Italy

Frederic Oudea says rumours that triggered a drop in the bank's share price were 'rubbish'

The chief executive of France's Societe Generale yesterday called rumours that triggered a drop in the bank's share price "rubbish".

"All that is absolutely unfounded. I can definitely deny all rumors," Frederic Oudea told CNBC in an interview. "In such a market, which is nervous, it's relatively easy to circulate absolutely unfounded information."

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