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France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 1.05%

Published 2018/06/21, 18:35
© Reuters.  France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 1.05%
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Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.05% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.94%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which rose 0.54% or 0.46 points to trade at 85.86 at the close. Atos SE (PA:ATOS) added 0.08% or 0.10 points to end at 121.30 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) was down 0.17% or 0.11 points to 63.66 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which lost 3.59% or 0.695 points to trade at 18.690 in late trade. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 2.81% or 0.59 points to end at 20.37 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) shed 2.43% or 0.510 points to 20.500.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which rose 5.26% to 11.80, SES (PA:SESFd) which was up 4.27% to settle at 15.89 and Nexity (PA:NEXI) which gained 3.04% to close at 55.90.

The worst performers were ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which was down 4.44% to 14.43 in late trade, Imerys (PA:IMTP) which lost 3.63% to settle at 66.30 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) which was down 3.59% to 18.690 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 422 to 164 and 83 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 15.91% to 15.12.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.35% or 4.40 to $1270.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $65.64 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.43% or 1.07 to trade at $73.67 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1597, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8759.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 94.59.

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