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France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.02%

Published 05/14/2018, 12:35 PM
© Reuters.  France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.02%
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Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares lower.

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

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which rose 1.04% or 0.66 points to trade at 64.40 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 0.84% or 0.170 points to end at 20.370 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 0.83% or 0.250 points to 30.475 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which fell 2.38% or 2.37 points to trade at 97.08 at the close. Orange SA (PA:ORAN) declined 1.18% or 0.18 points to end at 15.01 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was down 1.16% or 0.72 points to 61.32.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were SES (PA:SESFd) which rose 3.31% to 13.73, Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was up 2.67% to settle at 18.43 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 2.43% to close at 39.600.

The worst performers were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) which was down 2.38% to 97.08 in late trade, Euronext (PA:ENX) which lost 2.28% to settle at 55.60 and Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which was down 2.24% to 30.54 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 303 to 255 and 99 ended unchanged.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.79% to 11.52.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.09% or 1.20 to $1319.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.38% or 0.27 to hit $70.97 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.17% or 0.90 to trade at $78.02 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.1973, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8813.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 92.26.

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