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France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.44%

Published 13/10/2016, 03:35 am
© Reuters.  France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.44%
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Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Utilities and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.44%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.41%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 1.33% or 0.17 points to trade at 12.93 at the close. AXA SA (PA:AXAF) added 1.19% or 0.24 points to end at 20.76 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was up 1.03% or 0.095 points to 9.350 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which lost 4.64% or 0.226 points to trade at 4.645 in late trade. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) declined 1.38% or 1.45 points to end at 103.75 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) shed 1.19% or 0.77 points to 64.10.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Neopost (PA:NPOS) which rose 3.16% to 23.82, Imerys (PA:IMTP) which was up 2.93% to settle at 65.65 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which gained 2.63% to close at 8.60.

The worst performers were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) which was down 4.64% to 4.645 in late trade, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which lost 4.42% to settle at 18.915 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 3.20% to 65.350 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 371 to 299 and 115 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.28% to 19.42.

In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.15% or 1.85 to $1254.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.38% or 0.70 to hit $50.09 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.09% or 0.57 to trade at $51.84 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.1025, while EUR/GBP fell 1.05% to 0.9022.

The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 97.88.

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