France blocks Carrefour takeover

Carrefour (CA.FR) stock plunged more than 6.0% after the Canadian company Couche-Tard abandoned its attempted takeover of the retail giant after the French government said it would veto the deal due to the food security concerns. French politicians did not change their minds, even despite the assurances of the founder of Couche-Tard Alain Bouchard, which promised to spend billions in the development of the company, keep employment unchanged for the next two years and that the group would be listed on the Paris Stock Exchange in parallel with Canada, Bloomberg reported. "Food security is a strategic consideration for our country and one does not just hand over one of the large French distributors like that," France's Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said.

Carrefour's (CA.FR) shares erased nearly all gains since the deal was announced last week. Stock found some support at the upward trendline and is currently testing major resistance at € 15.70. If buyers will manage to break above it, then the upward move towards recent high at € 18.04 may be resumed. On the other hand, should a break below the trendline occur, support at € 15.05 may be at risk. Source: xStation5

21 September 2026, 6:51 PM

Daily Summary: Optimism returns, chips rise, oil falls.

21 September 2026, 4:24 PM

ARM Gains After CEO Comments, SoftBank Increases Financing

21 September 2026, 3:31 PM

SEC eases regulations: Does Bitcoin and Strategy benefit the most?

21 September 2026, 2:56 PM

US OPEN: Optimism in tech is back, NASDQ100 at its highest level in 3 months

Stocks

Prefer XTB on Google

Cookie name	Description
SERVERID
userBranchSymbol	Expiration date 1 day
test_cookie	Expiration date 1 hour
adobe_unique_id	Expiration date 364 days
__hssc	Expiration date 1 hour
SESSID	Expiration date 1 day
__cf_bm	Expiration date 1 hour
intercom-id-iojaybix	Expiration date 270 days
intercom-session-iojaybix	Expiration date 6 days
xtbCookiesSettings	Expiration date 364 days
TS5b68a4e1027
countryIsoCode
xtbLanguageSettings	Expiration date 364 days
userPreviousBranchSymbol	Expiration date 364 days
intercom-device-id-iojaybix	Expiration date 270 days
__cfruid
_cfuvid

Cookie name	Description
_gid	Expiration date 1 day
_gat_UA-98728395-1	Expiration date 1 hour
_gat_UA-121192761-1	Expiration date 1 hour
_gcl_au	Expiration date 89 days
_ga_CBPL72L2EC	Expiration date 729 days
_ga	Expiration date 729 days
__hstc	Expiration date 179 days
__hssrc
_vwo_uuid_v2	Expiration date 365 days
_ga_TC79BEJ20L	Expiration date 729 days
_vwo_uuid	Expiration date 365 days
_vwo_ds	Expiration date 29 days
_vwo_sn	Expiration date 1 hour
_vis_opt_s	Expiration date 99 days
_vis_opt_test_cookie
af_id	Expiration date 394 days
afUserId	Expiration date 730 days
AF_SYNC	Expiration date 6 days
AnalyticsSyncHistory	Expiration date 29 days

Cookie name	Description
MUID	Expiration date 389 days
_omappvp	Expiration date 3998 days
_omappvs	Expiration date 1 hour
_uetsid	Expiration date 1 day
_uetvid	Expiration date 389 days
_fbp	Expiration date 89 days
fr	Expiration date 89 days
_ttp	Expiration date 89 days
_tt_enable_cookie	Expiration date 89 days
hubspotutk	Expiration date 179 days
IDE	Expiration date 389 days
YSC
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	Expiration date 179 days
li_sugr	Expiration date 89 days
guest_id_marketing	Expiration date 729 days
guest_id_ads	Expiration date 729 days
guest_id	Expiration date 729 days
muc_ads	Expiration date 729 days
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA	Expiration date 179 days
MSPTC	Expiration date 389 days

Cookie name	Description
bcookie	Expiration date 364 days
lidc	Expiration date 1 day
UserMatchHistory	Expiration date 29 days
bscookie	Expiration date 364 days
li_gc	Expiration date 179 days
personalization_id	Expiration date 729 days