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France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.25%

Published 26/06/2019, 18:00
France shares lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.25%
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Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.25%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.21%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 4.83% or 0.724 points to trade at 15.710 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 2.94% or 0.64 points to end at 22.39 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was up 1.85% or 0.275 points to 15.150 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP), which lost 2.76% or 3.10 points to trade at 109.35 in late trade. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 2.24% or 2.90 points to end at 126.30 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) shed 1.82% or 1.68 points to 90.38.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which rose 5.92% to 28.26, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was up 4.83% to settle at 15.710 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which gained 4.56% to close at 7.938.

The worst performers were SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 2.87% to 13.37 in late trade, Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) which lost 2.76% to settle at 109.35 and Aeroports de Paris SA (PA:ADP) which was down 2.64% to 154.60 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 287 to 276 and 97 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.02% to 13.85.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.16% or 2.25 to $1416.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.73% or 1.58 to hit $59.41 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.19% or 1.41 to trade at $65.69 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1383, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.8964.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 95.620.

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