France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.25%

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At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.25%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.19%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which rose 8.63% or 1.70 points to trade at 21.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) added 5.86% or 0.69 points to end at 12.38 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 5.71% or 0.47 points to 8.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which fell 4.92% or 24.05 points to trade at 464.95 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) declined 3.07% or 0.50 points to end at 15.83 and Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO) was down 2.19% or 1.46 points to 65.14.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 10.03% to 9.32, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which was up 8.63% to settle at 21.40 and Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which gained 8.62% to close at 40.34.

The worst performers were Lagardere SCA (PA:LAGA) which was down 7.69% to 15.97 in late trade, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which lost 4.92% to settle at 464.95 and Quadient SA (PA:QDT) which was down 4.90% to 12.04 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 318 to 252 and 82 ended unchanged.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.23% to 42.64.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 2.71% or 45.75 to $1733.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 20.05% or 2.32 to hit $13.89 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 5.74% or 1.11 to trade at $20.44 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.0814, while EUR/GBP fell 0.49% to 0.8786.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 100.562.