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France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.01%

Published 04/12/2017, 12:35 PM
Updated 04/12/2017, 12:35 PM
© Reuters.  France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.01%

© Reuters. France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.01%

Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher while losses in the Basic Materials, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.01%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.04%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI), which rose 2.39% or 2.70 points to trade at 115.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) added 1.05% or 0.052 points to end at 4.982 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 1.04% or 0.63 points to 60.95 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 4.79% or 0.359 points to trade at 7.140 at the close. Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) declined 2.40% or 0.92 points to end at 37.13 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was down 1.72% or 1.29 points to 73.69.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rubis (PA:RUBF) which rose 2.50% to 91.83, Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) which was up 2.39% to settle at 115.75 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) which gained 2.23% to close at 56.48.

The worst performers were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which was down 4.79% to 7.140 in late trade, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which lost 4.48% to settle at 37.970 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) which was down 2.40% to 37.13 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 325 to 278 and 104 ended unchanged.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.59% to 24.05.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.17% or 2.15 to $1276.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.56% or 0.30 to hit $53.10 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.71% or 0.40 to trade at $55.83 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.0606, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8487.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 100.61.

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