News updates from December 16: Germany set for snap election; Canada's finance minister resigns in blow to Trudeau
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Paris's Cac 40 closed down 0.7 per cent, while London's FTSE 100 lost 0.5 per cent. Frankfurt's Dax fell 0.5 per cent after Berlin announced it was heading for a snap election after Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of confidence. ...undefined