** Shares in French software company Pharmagest Interactive
PHAI.PA slump more than 5% after a lukewarm third quarter
trading update
** The company that develops and integrates management
software for pharmacies reported a slight decrease in its third
quarter sales on Friday urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN27V0T9
** "The company's Q3 trading update was below expectations
since the market was expecting a strong increase," Gilbert
Dupont analyst Antoine Laurent says
** "The market expected Q3 to be one of the strongest
quarters in terms of growth, that's why the shares are down,"
the analyst adds
** Pharmagest is one of the top losers of the CAC All
Tradable Index .CACT
((Charles.regnier@thomsonreuters.com))