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France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.04%

Published 17/04/2018, 02:35 am
© Reuters.  France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.04%
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Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.04%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.02%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Orange SA (PA:ORAN), which rose 1.55% or 0.22 points to trade at 14.38 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 0.96% or 0.175 points to end at 18.435 and Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) was up 0.96% or 0.60 points to 62.80 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which lost 3.88% or 4.45 points to trade at 110.20 in late trade. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 1.29% or 0.72 points to end at 55.14 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) shed 1.24% or 0.68 points to 54.28.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Iliad (PA:ILD) which rose 4.58% to 177.10, Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was up 4.09% to settle at 142.40 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 3.80% to close at 50.20.

The worst performers were Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which was down 3.88% to 110.20 in late trade, Plastic Omnium (PA:PLOF) which lost 2.26% to settle at 40.65 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 2.00% to 1.223 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 286 to 280 and 79 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.22% to 13.01.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.28% or 3.80 to $1351.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.20% or 0.81 to hit $66.58 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.10% or 0.80 to trade at $71.78 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.39% to 1.2378, while EUR/GBP fell 0.29% to 0.8637.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 89.17.

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