BNP Paribas was down nearly 2% in early afternoon trading, underperforming a stable CAC40, under the weight of a downgrade by UBS from 'buy' to 'neutral', with a price target lowered from 69.2 to 57.7 euros.

BNP Paribas is cheap in absolute terms, but we think it is too dependent on CIB growth to achieve its ROTE target", says the broker, who expects the banking group's EPS to be 9 to 14% below consensus.

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