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France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.27%

Published 07/12/2024, 12:05 PM
© Reuters.  France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.27%
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Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.27%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.78%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.62% or 0.55 points to trade at 21.57 at the close. Meanwhile, Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS) added 2.50% or 53.00 points to end at 2,170.00 and Capgemini SE (EPA:CAPP) was up 2.48% or 4.65 points to 192.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (EPA:ENGIE), which fell 0.81% or 0.12 points to trade at 14.05 at the close. Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR) declined 0.28% or 0.04 points to end at 14.23 and Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP) was down 0.19% or 0.25 points to 130.20.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which rose 20.31% to 1.07, Virbac SA (EPA:VIRB) which was up 4.65% to settle at 360.00 and Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS) which gained 4.41% to close at 13.08.

The worst performers were Worldline SA (EPA:WLN) which was down 2.40% to 10.59 in late trade, Lectra SA (EPA:LECS) which lost 1.87% to settle at 28.85 and Elior Group (EPA:ELIOR) which was down 1.63% to 2.90 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 291 to 197 and 102 ended unchanged.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.17% or 4.20 to $2,417.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.12% or 0.10 to hit $82.72 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $85.44 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.35% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.23% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 103.79.

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