France stocks higher at close of trade
Investing.com
Published Jan 13, 2015 12:35PM ET
France stocks higher at close of trade
Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Foods & Drugs and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.47%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.43%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were EDF (PARIS:EDF), which rose 5.00% or 1.07 points to trade at 22.57 at the close. Meanwhile, Veolia Environnement (PARIS:VIE) added 4.14% or 0.605 points to end at 15.210 and Carrefour (PARIS:CARR) was up 3.85% or 0.94 points to 25.39 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Gemalto (AMS:GTO), which fell 2.63% or 1.79 points to trade at 66.44 at the close. Cap Gemini (PARIS:CAPP) declined 1.08% or 0.65 points to end at 59.31 and Legrand SA (PARIS:LEGD) was down 0.49% or 0.20 points to 41.48.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Saft (PARIS:S1A) which rose 5.85% to 28.40, EDF (PARIS:EDF) which was up 5.00% to settle at 22.57 and Arkema (PARIS:AKE) which gained 4.83% to close at 57.29.
The worst performers were Neopost (PARIS:NPOS) which was down 2.92% to 43.31 in late trade, Metropole TV (PARIS:MMTP) which lost 2.66% to settle at 15.55 and Gemalto (AMS:GTO) which was down 2.63% to 66.44 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 563 to 321 and 62 ended unchanged.
Shares in Veolia Environnement (PARIS:VIE) rose to 3-year highs; up 4.14% or 0.605 to 15.210. Shares in Neopost (PARIS:NPOS) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.92% or 1.30 to 43.31.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.96% to 26.59.
Gold for February delivery was up 0.33% or 4.10 to $1236.90 a troy ounce.
Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in February fell 1.30% or 0.60 to hit $45.47 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract fell 3.17% or 1.54 to trade at $47.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.35% to 1.1791, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.7771.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 92.37.
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