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BUZZ-Centrica: shares hit by SocGen downgrade

** Energy supplier Centrica (LSE: CNA.L - news) in red as SocGen (Paris: FR0000130809 - news) downgrades to "sell" v "hold", cuts PT to 175p from 250p

** Broker makes 19 pct cut to its 2016 adj. basic EPS to 14.3p as a result of its commodity price assumptions (forecasts don't incorporate any material negative impact from the CMA Energy Market Review due in March)

** Centrica 2nd-top FTSE 100 faller and 2nd-most actively traded on index

** On Thursday, rival SSE (LSE: SSE.L - news) says it will cut its domestic gas prices by an average of 5.3 pct from March 29, as it has lost 300,000 customers in nine months (RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : aastha.agnihotri.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)