Wednesday 8 June 2016

France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 0.61%


Category: Stock Market


France stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Financials sectors led shares lower.At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.61%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.65%.The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 2.74% or 0.130 points to trade at 4.880 at the close. Meanwhile, Technip (PA:TECF) added 2.62% or 1.33 points to end at 52.05 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 2.58% or 0.36 points to 14.31 in late trade.The worst performers of the session were Societe Generale (PA:SOGN), which fell 2.18% or 0.78 points to trade at 34.94 at the close. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 1.87% or 0.27 points to end at 13.89 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) was down 1.75% or 0.71 points to 39.91.The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG (PA:GEPH) which rose 23.19% to 0.8500, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 5.15% to settle at 3.760 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which gained 2.74% to close at 4.880.The worst performers were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was down 7.23% to 100.75 in late trade, Rexel (PA:RXL) which lost 3.42% to settle at 13.26 and Euronext (PA:ENX) which was down 2.94% to 35.63 at the close.Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 377 to 283 and 115 ended unchanged.The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.06% to 22.92.Gold for August delivery was up 1.31% or 16.35 to $1263.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.63% or 0.82 to hit $51.18 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.91% or 0.98 to trade at $52.42 a barrel.EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1405, while EUR/GBP rose 0.36% to 0.7838.The US Dollar Index was down 0.38% at 93.48.

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