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France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.62%

Published 12/21/2017, 12:35 PM
Updated 12/21/2017, 12:35 PM
© Reuters.  France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.62%

© Reuters. France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.62%

Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Technology sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.62%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.53%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 4.42% or 1.10 points to trade at 25.99 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 2.00% or 0.540 points to end at 27.515 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 1.86% or 7.25 points to 396.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which fell 1.01% or 1.25 points to trade at 122.25 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 0.39% or 0.055 points to end at 14.100 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) was down 0.12% or 0.15 points to 122.25.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 11.77% to 24.690, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was up 4.42% to settle at 25.99 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which gained 3.21% to close at 95.35.

The worst performers were Nexity (PA:NEXI) which was down 2.71% to 50.18 in late trade, ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which lost 1.56% to settle at 13.23 and Thales (PA:TCFP) which was down 1.35% to 90.00 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 330 to 282 and 97 ended unchanged.

Shares in ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) rose to 3-years highs; rising 2.00% or 0.540 to 27.515. Shares in Eramet (PA:ERMT) rose to 3-years highs; rising 3.21% or 2.97 to 95.35.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.75% to 10.60.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.12% or 1.50 to $1271.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.38% or 0.22 to hit $58.31 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.29% or 0.19 to trade at $64.75 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.1871, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8876.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 92.86.

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