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France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.79%

Published 11/19/2018, 12:35 PM
Updated 11/19/2018, 12:36 PM
© Reuters.  France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.79%
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Investing.com – France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.79%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.88%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which rose 0.71% or 0.23 points to trade at 32.73 at the close. Meanwhile, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 0.41% or 0.10 points to end at 24.72 and AXA SA (PA:AXAF) was up 0.37% or 0.08 points to 21.68 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which fell 8.43% or 5.44 points to trade at 59.06 at the close. Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST) declined 3.26% or 3.55 points to end at 105.35 and EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) was down 2.25% or 2.65 points to 115.00.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 3.41% to 1.488, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was up 2.53% to settle at 12.98 and Neopost (PA:NPOS) which gained 2.20% to close at 26.96.

The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 27.34% to 1.897 in late trade, Technicolor (PA:TCH) which lost 16.34% to settle at 1.075 and Solocal Group SA (PA:LOCAL) which was down 12.25% to 0.548 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 416 to 172 and 93 ended unchanged.

Shares in Renault SA (PA:RENA) fell to 3-years lows; falling 8.43% or 5.44 to 59.06. Shares in Vallourec (PA:VLLP) fell to 5-year lows; falling 27.34% or 0.714 to 1.897. Shares in Solocal Group SA (PA:LOCAL) fell to all time lows; falling 12.25% or 0.076 to 0.548.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.32% to 18.32.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.17% or 2.10 to $1222.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.23% or 0.13 to hit $56.59 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.73% or 0.49 to trade at $66.27 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.1446, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8910.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 96.11.

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