Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Gasoline consumption in France dropped 8 percent in November compared with a year earlier, according to an industry group.

The nation’s diesel demand rose 2.3 percent in the same period, the Union Francaise des Industries Petrolieres, known as UFIP, said today in an e-mailed statement.

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