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France shares mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 down 1.29%

Published 27/10/2018, 03:35 am
© Reuters.  France shares mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 down 1.29%
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Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Technology and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Healthcare, Electronic Equipment and Aerospace & Defense sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.29%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.52%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which rose 4.46% or 3.04 points to trade at 71.20 at the close. Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) added 1.46% or 0.46 points to end at 32.01 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 1.18% or 0.24 points to 20.57 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which lost 21.02% or 6.28 points to trade at 23.59 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 5.27% or 1.29 points to end at 23.19 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) shed 3.49% or 0.770 points to 21.285.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which rose 15.36% to 7.925, Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which was up 4.46% to settle at 71.20 and Edenred (PA:EDEN) which gained 4.43% to close at 32.32.

The worst performers were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which was down 21.02% to 23.59 in late trade, SEB SA (PA:SEBF) which lost 10.94% to settle at 123.80 and Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which was down 8.18% to 23.56 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 410 to 178 and 80 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.10% to 20.27.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.90% or 11.10 to $1240.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.21% or 0.14 to hit $67.47 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.51% or 0.39 to trade at $77.28 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.1408, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8888.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 96.12.

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