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France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.08%

Published 17/08/2018, 17:35
© Reuters.  France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.08%
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Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.08%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.06%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which rose 1.42% or 1.01 points to trade at 72.20 at the close. Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) added 0.95% or 0.64 points to end at 67.86 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was up 0.88% or 0.64 points to 73.30 in late trade.

Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which lost 2.16% or 0.375 points to trade at 16.950 in late trade. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) declined 1.38% or 0.21 points to end at 14.96 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 1.34% or 0.33 points to 24.30.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were SCOR SE (PA:SCOR) which rose 5.06% to 35.68, Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which was up 2.75% to settle at 9.150 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 2.29% to close at 32.200.

The worst performers were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 5.34% to 71.75 in late trade, Vicat (PA:VCTP) which lost 3.48% to settle at 51.25 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 3.09% to 8.770 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 300 to 246 and 114 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.87% to 15.11.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.09% or 1.10 to $1185.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.41% or 0.27 to hit $65.73 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.26 to trade at $71.69 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.1413, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8961.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 96.15.

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