UPDATE 1-BNP Paribas exits niche U.S. energy loan market on oil price rout
February 11, 2016 at 18:42 PM EST
Feb 11 (Reuters) - France's largest bank BNP Paribas is pulling out of a niche U.S. energy lending business for the second time in four years after plunging oil prices dragged what was once seen as some of the safest energy loans into losses.