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France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.39%

Published 2017/12/22, 19:35
© Reuters.  France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.39%
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Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.39%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.33%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP), which rose 0.89% or 0.88 points to trade at 99.52 at the close. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 0.80% or 0.14 points to end at 17.54 and Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) was up 0.70% or 0.80 points to 115.25 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP), which lost 1.84% or 3.95 points to trade at 210.65 in late trade. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 1.34% or 5.30 points to end at 391.30 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) shed 1.32% or 1.50 points to 112.10.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 4.66% to 4.873, Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was up 4.43% to settle at 19.91 and SES (PA:SESFd) which gained 1.87% to close at 13.65.

The worst performers were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 5.31% to 23.380 in late trade, Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which lost 3.69% to settle at 42.00 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 2.53% to 36.060 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 344 to 262 and 94 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.46% to 10.76.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.65% or 8.20 to $1278.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.22% or 0.13 to hit $58.23 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.07 to trade at $64.97 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1847, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8854.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 92.95.

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