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France shares mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 up 2.33%

Published 26/09/2024, 17:05
© Reuters.  France shares mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 up 2.33%
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Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 2.33% to hit a new 3-month high, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.45%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH), which rose 9.88% or 61.00 points to trade at 678.50 at the close. Kering SA (EPA:PRTP) added 9.61% or 22.00 points to end at 250.95 and Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS) was up 9.10% or 185.00 points to 2,217.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF), which lost 4.68% or 4.68 points to trade at 95.32 in late trade. Thales (EPA:TCFP) declined 2.49% or 3.70 points to end at 144.65 and TotalEnergies SE (EPA:TTEF) shed 2.32% or 1.41 points to 59.30.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Beneteau SA (EPA:CHBE) which rose 15.92% to 10.12, Fnac Darty SA (EPA:FNAC) which was up 11.95% to settle at 30.45 and Opmobility SE (EPA:OPM) which gained 10.66% to close at 8.66.

The worst performers were Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP) which was down 13.38% to 9.89 in late trade, Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) which lost 4.68% to settle at 95.32 and Sodexo SA (EPA:EXHO) which was down 3.55% to 76.00 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 303 to 174 and 105 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.17% or 4.60 to $2,689.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.15% or 1.50 to hit $68.19 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.87% or 1.36 to trade at $71.54 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.39% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.29% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 100.31.

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