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France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.31%

Published 04/18/2019, 01:00 PM
© Reuters.  France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.31%
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Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Consumer Goods and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.31% to hit a new 6-months high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.30%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN), which rose 2.72% or 2.04 points to trade at 77.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 2.43% or 0.77 points to end at 32.42 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 1.54% or 0.78 points to 51.58 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which fell 5.04% or 27.10 points to trade at 510.40 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 1.15% or 0.245 points to end at 21.040 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) was down 1.06% or 1.65 points to 154.70.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 10.23% to 92.150, Vicat (PA:VCTP) which was up 5.63% to settle at 49.75 and Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which gained 4.37% to close at 76.450.

The worst performers were Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which was down 5.04% to 510.40 in late trade, Ipsen SA (PA:IPN) which lost 2.49% to settle at 117.60 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 2.46% to 2.341 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 306 to 269 and 93 ended unchanged.

Shares in Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) rose to 5-year highs; up 10.23% or 8.550 to 92.150.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.94% to 11.38 a new 6-months low.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.10% or 1.25 to $1275.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.19% or 0.12 to hit $63.64 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $71.67 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.57% to 1.1229, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8651.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 97.150.

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