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France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 2.15%

Published 12/12/2018, 12:35 PM
© Reuters.  France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 2.15%
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Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 2.15%, while the SBF 120 index gained 2.13%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which rose 6.41% or 4.36 points to trade at 72.36 at the close. Meanwhile, Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) added 5.91% or 8.30 points to end at 148.80 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 4.65% or 0.81 points to 18.23 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 0.36% or 0.09 points to trade at 25.10 at the close. Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) added 0.48% or 2.30 points to end at 481.30 and AXA SA (PA:AXAF) was up 0.84% or 0.16 points to 19.35.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 11.31% to 27.960, Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which was up 6.41% to settle at 72.36 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) which gained 5.91% to close at 148.80.

The worst performers were GTT (PA:GTT) which was down 3.85% to 65.00 in late trade, Eiffage (PA:FOUG) which lost 0.93% to settle at 74.92 and Plastic Omnium (PA:PLOF) which was down 0.70% to 19.27 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 411 to 188 and 76 ended unchanged.

Shares in Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) rose to all time highs; rising 5.91% or 8.30 to 148.80. Shares in Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.91% or 8.30 to 148.80.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.66% to 19.51.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.19% or 2.35 to $1249.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.93% or 0.48 to hit $52.13 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.08% or 0.65 to trade at $60.85 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1363, while EUR/GBP fell 0.82% to 0.8989.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 97.037.

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