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France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.45%

Published 2018/01/02, 19:35
© Reuters.  France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.45%
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Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.45% to hit a new 3-month low, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.32%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 3.36% or 0.910 points to trade at 28.025 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 1.43% or 0.37 points to end at 26.22 and STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) was up 1.37% or 0.250 points to 18.455 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which lost 2.91% or 1.65 points to trade at 55.00 in late trade. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 2.37% or 9.30 points to end at 383.70 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) shed 2.00% or 0.94 points to 46.10.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were SES (PA:SESFd) which rose 4.65% to 13.62, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 3.61% to settle at 14.070 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which gained 3.36% to close at 28.025.

The worst performers were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) which was down 2.91% to 55.00 in late trade, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which lost 2.37% to settle at 383.70 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) which was down 2.00% to 46.10 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 397 to 250 and 43 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.86% to 12.30.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.30% or 3.90 to $1313.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.18% or 0.11 to hit $60.31 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.52% or 0.35 to trade at $66.52 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.2049, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8864.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 91.60.

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