Monday 28 December 2015

France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.97%

France stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil&Gas, Oil&Gas Producers and Banking sectors led shares lower.At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.97%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.84%.The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Alstom SA (PA:ALSO), which rose 1.76% or 0.48 points to trade at 27.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) added 0.29% or 0.15 points to end at 52.20 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was up 0.13% or 0.11 points to 84.14 in late trade.The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which fell 5.21% or 0.22 points to trade at 3.98 at the close. Technip (PA:TECF) declined 2.17% or 1.01 points to end at 45.77 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was down 1.94% or 1.85 points to 93.40.The top performers on the SBF 120 were Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which rose 3.59% to 33.655, Saft (PA:S1A) which was up 2.42% to settle at 28.33 and Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) which gained 1.76% to close at 27.68.The worst performers were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which was down 5.21% to 3.98 in late trade, Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which lost 3.60% to settle at 11.65 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 2.57% to 8.96 at the close.Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 450 to 278 and 43 ended unchanged.The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 11.57% to 21.78.Gold for February delivery was down 0.61% or 6.60 to $1069.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 3.41% or 1.30 to hit $36.80 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.68% or 1.01 to trade at $36.88 a barrel.EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.0976, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.7376.The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 97.95.

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