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France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.34%

Published 10/06/2019, 18:00
Updated 10/06/2019, 18:00
© Reuters.  France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.34%

© Reuters. France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.34%

Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.34%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.36%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 4.46% or 0.602 points to trade at 14.086 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 3.11% or 0.61 points to end at 20.22 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was up 2.59% or 1.39 points to 55.08 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB), which lost 2.86% or 0.96 points to trade at 32.60 in late trade. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) declined 1.30% or 1.02 points to end at 77.30 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) shed 0.87% or 0.12 points to 13.10.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which rose 4.46% to 14.086, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 4.14% to settle at 2.312 and Faurecia (PA:EPED) which gained 3.44% to close at 36.07.

The worst performers were Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which was down 3.26% to 356.60 in late trade, Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) which lost 2.86% to settle at 32.60 and BIC (PA:BICP) which was down 2.00% to 68.65 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 374 to 195 and 95 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.36% to 14.61.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.10% or 14.85 to $1331.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.28% or 0.15 to hit $53.84 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.88% or 0.56 to trade at $62.73 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.1317, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8919.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 96.710.

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