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France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.90%

Published 2017/06/19, 18:35
© Reuters.  France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.90%
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Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.90%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.85%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.99% or 0.535 points to trade at 18.400 at the close. Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) added 2.46% or 2.70 points to end at 112.50 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) was up 2.44% or 1.65 points to 69.20 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Orange SA (PA:ORAN), which lost 1.19% or 0.17 points to trade at 14.56 in late trade. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) declined 0.94% or 0.180 points to end at 19.060 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) shed 0.11% or 0.01 points to 14.00.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 7.02% to 55.670, STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which was up 3.14% to settle at 13.975 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which gained 3.06% to close at 51.450.

The worst performers were Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was down 1.64% to 31.575 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 1.41% to settle at 22.39 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 1.41% to 5.536 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 383 to 236 and 90 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.36% to 12.95.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.54% or 6.83 to $1249.67 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.78% or 0.35 to hit $44.62 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.68% or 0.32 to trade at $47.05 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1163, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8761.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 97.14.

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