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France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.26%

Published 2017/09/07, 18:35
© Reuters.  France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.26%
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Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.26%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.28%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 2.67% or 0.39 points to trade at 14.79 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) added 2.20% or 6.95 points to end at 322.45 and Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) was up 1.93% or 2.05 points to 108.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 2.09% or 0.47 points to trade at 21.99 in late trade. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) declined 1.37% or 0.98 points to end at 70.43 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) shed 0.95% or 0.54 points to 56.06.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which rose 6.01% to 156.10, Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which was up 5.73% to settle at 15.310 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which gained 4.27% to close at 34.900.

The worst performers were Rexel (PA:RXL) which was down 4.15% to 12.70 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 4.01% to settle at 18.21 and Wendel (PA:MWDP) which was down 3.81% to 130.00 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 318 to 267 and 94 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 17.53% to 12.33 a new 1-month low.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.02% or 13.64 to $1352.64 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $49.12 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.14 to trade at $54.34 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.81% to 1.2014, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.9186.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.70% at 91.56.

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