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France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.72%

Published 01/24/2018, 12:35 PM
© Reuters.  France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.72%
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Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.72%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.76%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 1.42% or 0.27 points to trade at 19.33 at the close. Meanwhile, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 1.15% or 0.82 points to end at 72.00 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 0.71% or 0.20 points to 28.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics (PA:STM), which fell 6.28% or 1.260 points to trade at 18.790 at the close. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) declined 3.84% or 0.820 points to end at 20.530 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) was down 2.25% or 2.95 points to 128.40.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which rose 2.25% to 65.80, Euronext (PA:ENX) which was up 2.06% to settle at 54.50 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which gained 1.42% to close at 19.33.

The worst performers were Suez SA (PA:SEVI) which was down 16.77% to 11.715 in late trade, STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which lost 6.28% to settle at 18.790 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 3.93% to 63.550 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 348 to 232 and 104 ended unchanged.

Shares in Suez SA (PA:SEVI) fell to 3-years lows; down 16.77% or 2.360 to 11.715.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.54% to 11.82.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.19% or 15.90 to $1352.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.48% or 0.31 to hit $64.78 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.13 to trade at $69.83 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.73% to 1.2388, while EUR/GBP fell 0.61% to 0.8729.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.81% at 89.15.

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