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France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.23%

Published 09/05/2018, 17:35
© Reuters.  France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.23%
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Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.23% to hit a new 3-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.21%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 3.38% or 0.91 points to trade at 27.85 at the close. Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 1.87% or 0.97 points to end at 52.78 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was up 1.48% or 0.290 points to 19.885 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which lost 1.48% or 0.30 points to trade at 20.01 in late trade. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) declined 1.05% or 1.05 points to end at 99.19 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) shed 1.01% or 4.90 points to 480.60.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 3.74% to 5.080, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was up 3.38% to settle at 27.85 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which gained 2.76% to close at 76.200.

The worst performers were Suez SA (PA:SEVI) which was down 8.79% to 11.930 in late trade, Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which lost 2.87% to settle at 9.49 and Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was down 2.72% to 41.87 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 306 to 241 and 93 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.75% to 12.48.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.12% or 1.60 to $1312.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.13% or 2.16 to hit $71.22 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 3.09% or 2.31 to trade at $77.16 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1850, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8741.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 92.92.

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