Lafarge, the 18th largest company by market capitalisation in the CAC 40 index, hit a 52-week high of Euro66.59 during the day, but closed lower at Euro64.74. In the last three months the stock has hit a new 52-week high once. The stock price dipped 63.0 cent (or one per cent) to close at Euro64.74, ending a two-day streak of rises. Compared with the Dow Jones Industrials, which rose 47.1 points (or 0.5 per cent) on the day, this was a relative price change of -1.4 per cent.