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France shares mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.02%

Published 05/09/2016, 17:35
Updated 05/09/2016, 17:35
France shares mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.02%

France shares mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.02%

Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Technology, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.02%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.04%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 2.74% or 0.149 points to trade at 5.585 at the close. Technip (PA:TECF) added 1.84% or 0.97 points to end at 53.59 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was up 1.74% or 0.350 points to 20.490 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Societe Generale (PA:SOGN), which lost 1.09% or 0.36 points to trade at 32.80 in late trade. Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) declined 1.05% or 0.30 points to end at 28.82 and Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) shed 0.97% or 0.050 points to 5.085.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which rose 6.00% to 25.535, Zodiac Aerospace (PA:ZODC) which was up 2.96% to settle at 21.04 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which gained 2.74% to close at 5.585.

The worst performers were Iliad (PA:ILD) which was down 2.08% to 187.85 in late trade, Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which lost 2.01% to settle at 18.05 and Natixis (PA:CNAT) which was down 1.71% to 3.976 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 374 to 284 and 103 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.72% to 17.66.

In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.21% or 2.80 to $1330.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.36% or 1.04 to hit $45.19 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.69% or 0.79 to trade at $47.62 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1151, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8373.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 95.73.

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