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France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 1.80%

Published 15/01/2016, 04:35 am
© Reuters.  France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 1.80%

Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Automobiles & Parts, Travel & Leisure and Banking sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.80%, while the SBF 120 index lost 1.85%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 5.76% or 0.18 points to trade at 3.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 2.59% or 0.98 points to end at 38.83 and Technip (PA:TECF) was up 0.96% or 0.38 points to 39.78 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which fell 10.28% or 8.91 points to trade at 77.75 at the close. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) declined 5.57% or 2.08 points to end at 35.15 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was down 5.05% or 0.74 points to 14.01.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Maurel Et Prom (PA:MAUP) which rose 9.72% to 2.71, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which was up 5.76% to settle at 3.28 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) which gained 2.59% to close at 38.83.

The worst performers were Renault SA (PA:RENA) which was down 10.28% to 77.75 in late trade, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which lost 9.24% to settle at 50.860 and CGG (PA:GEPH) which was down 6.47% to 0.94 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 610 to 119 and 54 ended unchanged.

Shares in Accor SA (PA:ACCP) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.57% or 2.08 to 35.15. Shares in CGG (PA:GEPH) fell to all time lows; falling 6.47% or 0.07 to 0.94.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 6.04% to 29.11.

Gold for February delivery was down 0.89% or 9.70 to $1077.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.66% or 0.81 to hit $31.29 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.64% or 0.49 to trade at $30.68 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.0861, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.7542.

The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 99.18.

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