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France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.08%

Published 04/08/2019, 04:35 PM
© Reuters.  France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.08%
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Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Healthcare and Foods & Drugs sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.08%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.14%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which rose 1.74% or 2.06 points to trade at 120.74 at the close. Meanwhile, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 1.13% or 0.25 points to end at 22.46 and Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) was up 1.01% or 1.35 points to 134.50 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which fell 2.14% or 0.64 points to trade at 29.22 at the close. Safran SA (PA:SAF) declined 1.95% or 2.45 points to end at 123.00 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was down 1.50% or 0.70 points to 45.83.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 5.87% to 22.740, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was up 5.81% to settle at 16.400 and Euronext (PA:ENX) which gained 1.85% to close at 57.70.

The worst performers were ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which was down 4.03% to 12.86 in late trade, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which lost 2.92% to settle at 11.97 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was down 2.56% to 8.195 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 305 to 278 and 87 ended unchanged.

Shares in Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) rose to all time highs; up 1.74% or 2.06 to 120.74. Shares in Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) fell to 5-year lows; losing 1.50% or 0.70 to 45.83.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.66% to 14.13.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.49% or 6.35 to $1301.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.14% or 1.35 to hit $64.43 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.05% or 0.74 to trade at $71.08 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1260, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8620.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 96.648.

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