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At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.73%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which rose 5.25% or 1.10 points to trade at 22.07 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 3.78% or 0.34 points to end at 9.33 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was up 3.74% or 0.30 points to 8.39 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP), which fell 2.47% or 2.55 points to trade at 100.80 at the close. Danone SA (PA:DANO) declined 2.11% or 1.34 points to end at 62.10 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was down 1.69% or 0.59 points to 34.55.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Renault SA (PA:RENA) which rose 5.25% to 22.07, Nexans SA (PA:NEXS) which was up 4.46% to settle at 41.26 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which gained 3.78% to close at 9.33.
The worst performers were Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was down 3.96% to 5.22 in late trade, Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) which lost 2.47% to settle at 100.80 and Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which was down 2.46% to 119.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 337 to 246 and 73 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.62% to 33.38.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.05% or 0.85 to $1781.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.86% or 1.10 to hit $39.59 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.13% or 0.87 to trade at $41.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1227, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.9141.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 97.555.
