France stocks lower at close of trade; CAC 40 down 1.53%

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At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.53%, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.55%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 1.57% or 0.39 points to trade at 25.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Renault SA (PA:RENA) added 0.81% or 0.20 points to end at 24.39 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 0.51% or 0.16 points to 31.31 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which fell 5.11% or 2.12 points to trade at 39.38 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) declined 4.30% or 2.88 points to end at 64.06 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) was down 3.77% or 1.38 points to 35.21.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Virbac SA (PA:VIRB) which rose 2.29% to 223.50, Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was up 1.95% to settle at 5.22 and Ingenico Group SA (PA:INGC) which gained 1.85% to close at 135.05.

The worst performers were Mercialys SA (PA:MERY) which was down 5.28% to 4.52 in late trade, WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) which lost 5.11% to settle at 39.38 and Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO) which was down 4.54% to 60.14 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 356 to 193 and 96 ended unchanged.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 5.61% to 29.23 a new 3-months high.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.68% or 13.05 to $1928.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 4.48% or 1.87 to hit $39.83 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 3.85% or 1.66 to trade at $41.50 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.43% to 1.1872, while EUR/GBP fell 1.18% to 0.9022.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 92.532.

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