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France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.75%

Published 11/22/2018, 12:35 PM
© Reuters.  France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.75%
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Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.75%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.77%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which rose 1.31% or 5.00 points to trade at 388.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 1.28% or 0.33 points to end at 26.03 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was up 0.46% or 0.32 points to 70.48 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 2.37% or 0.500 points to trade at 20.580 at the close. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) declined 2.00% or 0.375 points to end at 18.410 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was down 2.00% or 0.43 points to 21.10.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which rose 3.53% to 19.94, Groupe Eurotunnel (PA:GETP) which was up 2.29% to settle at 11.180 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which gained 1.68% to close at 20.020.

The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 6.48% to 0.938 in late trade, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which lost 3.07% to settle at 26.500 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was down 3.07% to 14.05 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 365 to 208 and 102 ended unchanged.

Shares in ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.37% or 0.500 to 20.580. Shares in Technicolor (PA:TCH) fell to all time lows; losing 6.48% or 0.065 to 0.938. Shares in DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) fell to 3-years lows; losing 3.07% or 0.840 to 26.500.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.38% to 19.40.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.20 to $1227.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.39% or 0.76 to hit $53.87 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.24% or 0.79 to trade at $62.69 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1404, while EUR/GBP fell 0.63% to 0.8853.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 96.390.

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