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France shares mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.03%

Published 13/10/2017, 03:35 am
© Reuters.  France shares mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.03%
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Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.03%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.02%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.66% or 0.595 points to trade at 22.940 at the close. Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) added 1.25% or 0.62 points to end at 50.06 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) was up 1.24% or 2.30 points to 187.80 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI), which lost 1.88% or 1.95 points to trade at 101.50 in late trade. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) declined 1.13% or 0.76 points to end at 66.61 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 0.92% or 0.21 points to 22.51.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which rose 2.66% to 22.940, Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which was up 2.56% to settle at 15.435 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which gained 2.31% to close at 23.010.

The worst performers were Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was down 3.01% to 32.99 in late trade, Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which lost 2.33% to settle at 49.31 and Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was down 2.13% to 22.70 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 300 to 297 and 93 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 9.08% to 10.86.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.52% or 6.68 to $1295.58 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.11% or 0.57 to hit $50.73 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.91% or 0.52 to trade at $56.42 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1843, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.8931.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 92.89.

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