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France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.02%

Published 03/29/2019, 02:35 PM
© Reuters.  France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.02%
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Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.02%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.03%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which rose 3.42% or 0.435 points to trade at 13.165 at the close. Meanwhile, Safran SA (PA:SAF) added 3.03% or 3.60 points to end at 122.25 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was up 2.30% or 0.38 points to 16.65 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS), which fell 0.27% or 1.60 points to trade at 588.20 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 160.00 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was up 0.04% or 0.03 points to 78.74.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rothschild & Co SCA (PA:ROTH) which rose 4.81% to 28.350, Imerys SA (PA:IMTP) which was up 4.07% to settle at 44.44 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which gained 3.42% to close at 13.165.

The worst performers were Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was down 2.94% to 19.14 in late trade, Neopost SA (PA:NPOS) which lost 2.82% to settle at 21.34 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 0.94% to 10.025 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 369 to 182 and 104 ended unchanged.

Shares in Safran SA (PA:SAF) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.03% or 3.60 to 122.25.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.70% to 14.98.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.21% or 2.75 to $1298.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.52% or 0.90 to hit $60.20 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.88% or 0.59 to trade at $67.69 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1220, while EUR/GBP rose 0.32% to 0.8630.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 96.833.

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