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France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.05%

Published 02/20/2017, 12:35 PM
Updated 02/20/2017, 12:35 PM
© Reuters.  France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.05%

© Reuters. France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.05%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.05%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.02%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 2.14% or 0.65 points to trade at 30.84 at the close. Meanwhile, Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) added 1.87% or 0.98 points to end at 53.32 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 1.73% or 1.13 points to 66.53 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP), which fell 1.96% or 3.45 points to trade at 172.65 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 1.82% or 0.215 points to end at 11.605 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was down 1.40% or 0.59 points to 41.80.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which rose 2.88% to 17.70, Zodiac Aerospace (PA:ZODC) which was up 2.41% to settle at 26.93 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which gained 2.14% to close at 30.84.

The worst performers were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 3.20% to 9.0700 in late trade, L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) which lost 1.96% to settle at 172.65 and Natixis (PA:CNAT) which was down 1.89% to 5.393 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 323 to 293 and 95 ended unchanged.

Shares in Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.87% or 0.98 to 53.32. Shares in Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.73% or 1.13 to 66.53.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.74% to 14.95.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.04% or 0.45 to $1238.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.28% or 0.15 to hit $53.93 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.43% or 0.24 to trade at $56.05 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.0617, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.8521.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.86.

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