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France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.79%

Published 16/02/2019, 04:35 am
© Reuters.  France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.79%
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Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Utilities and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.79% to hit a new 3-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 1.64%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 5.63% or 1.28 points to trade at 24.01 at the close. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 4.75% or 1.19 points to end at 26.26 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was up 4.19% or 1.70 points to 42.11 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which lost 0.29% or 0.14 points to trade at 47.67 in late trade. EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) declined 0.28% or 0.30 points to end at 105.80 and Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) shed 0.11% or 0.60 points to 540.80.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Bollore SA (PA:BOLL) which rose 6.68% to 3.704, Ipsen SA (PA:IPN) which was up 6.02% to settle at 125.10 and Plastic Omnium (PA:PLOF) which gained 5.73% to close at 24.56.

The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications SA (PA:ETL) which was down 5.96% to 17.68 in late trade, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which lost 5.76% to settle at 13.99 and Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was down 4.57% to 64.700 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 352 to 211 and 105 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.89% to 14.31.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.48% or 6.35 to $1320.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.17% or 1.18 to hit $55.59 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 2.34% or 1.51 to trade at $66.08 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.1275, while EUR/GBP fell 0.62% to 0.8759.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 96.887.

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