Friday 6 May 2016

France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.42%


Category: Stock Market


France stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.42%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.43%.The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 1.37% or 0.270 points to trade at 20.030 at the close. Meanwhile, Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 0.93% or 0.40 points to end at 42.94 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) was up 0.89% or 0.84 points to 95.31 in late trade.The worst performers of the session were AXA SA (PA:AXAF), which fell 5.61% or 1.22 points to trade at 20.43 at the close. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) declined 1.79% or 0.72 points to end at 39.44 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) was down 1.17% or 0.06 points to 4.64.The top performers on the SBF 120 were Rubis (PA:RUBF) which rose 4.26% to 70.31, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 2.11% to settle at 3.78 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) which gained 1.37% to close at 20.030.The worst performers were AXA SA (PA:AXAF) which was down 5.61% to 20.43 in late trade, Lagardere S.C.A. (PA:LAGA) which lost 5.59% to settle at 21.88 and Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which was down 3.87% to 114.20 at the close.Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 365 to 262 and 108 ended unchanged.Shares in Lagardere S.C.A. (PA:LAGA) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.59% or 1.29 to 21.88.The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.61% to 23.43.Gold for June delivery was up 1.84% or 23.45 to $1295.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.08% or 0.48 to hit $44.80 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.56 to trade at $45.57 a barrel.EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1426, while EUR/GBP rose 0.44% to 0.7909.The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 93.64.

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