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France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.44%

Published 2016/10/20, 18:35
© Reuters.  France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.44%
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Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.44% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.29%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Technip (PA:TECF), which rose 4.26% or 2.50 points to trade at 61.19 at the close. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) added 2.12% or 1.06 points to end at 51.06 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was up 1.74% or 0.59 points to 34.81 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which lost 5.71% or 3.83 points to trade at 63.20 in late trade. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) declined 0.88% or 0.21 points to end at 24.36 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) shed 0.87% or 0.26 points to 29.64.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which rose 5.32% to 5.344, Technip (PA:TECF) which was up 4.26% to settle at 61.19 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 2.66% to close at 30.48.

The worst performers were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) which was down 5.71% to 63.20 in late trade, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which lost 5.37% to settle at 24.500 and SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 5.28% to 19.55 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 349 to 310 and 120 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.34% to 16.81.

In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.27% or 3.40 to $1266.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.79% or 0.93 to hit $50.89 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.01% or 1.06 to trade at $51.61 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.0932, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8918.

The US Dollar Index was up 0.40% at 98.26.

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