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France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.98%

Published 05/17/2018, 12:35 PM
© Reuters.  France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.98%
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Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.98% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.96%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which rose 3.62% or 3.21 points to trade at 91.84 at the close. Meanwhile, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 2.95% or 0.83 points to end at 28.97 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 2.23% or 0.45 points to 20.61 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP), which fell 1.11% or 1.30 points to trade at 115.30 at the close. Atos SE (PA:ATOS) declined 1.11% or 1.30 points to end at 115.50 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) was down 0.65% or 0.28 points to 41.74.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which rose 11.66% to 9.67, Trigano (PA:TRIA) which was up 6.30% to settle at 175.50 and Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which gained 5.64% to close at 14.05.

The worst performers were Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was down 1.38% to 93.050 in late trade, Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which lost 1.11% to settle at 115.50 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) which was down 1.11% to 115.30 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 352 to 215 and 106 ended unchanged.

Shares in Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.65% or 0.28 to 41.74. Shares in Trigano (PA:TRIA) rose to all time highs; up 6.30% or 10.40 to 175.50.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.63% to 11.87.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 1.00 to $1290.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.24% or 0.17 to hit $71.66 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.68 to trade at $79.96 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1808, while EUR/GBP fell 0.27% to 0.8730.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.30.

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