As of 0718 GMT, Bouygues (>> BOUYGUES) was 15.9 percent lower, with Numericable SFR (>> Numericable Group) down 14.9 percent, Iliad (>> ILIAD) down 12.9 percent and Orange (>> ORANGE SA) down 5.4 percent.

Orange-Bouygues talks aimed at creating a dominant French telecoms operator collapsed on Friday, ending an attempt to ease a price war that has ravaged sector margins.

(Reporting by Laurence Frost; editing by Geert De Clercq)

Stocks treated in this article : BOUYGUES, ORANGE SA, ILIAD, Numericable Group