France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.08%

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At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.08% to hit a new 6-months high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.07%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TotalEnergies SE (EPA:TTEF), which rose 1.07% or 0.62 points to trade at 58.44 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 0.71% or 0.18 points to end at 25.53 and Safran SA (EPA:SAF) was up 0.67% or 0.78 points to 117.22 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (EPA:RENA), which fell 1.42% or 0.49 points to trade at 33.77 at the close. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 1.12% or 0.60 points to end at 52.75 and Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP) was down 0.64% or 1.20 points to 186.90.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Metropole Television SA (EPA:MMTP) which rose 3.08% to 13.40, Verallia (EPA:VRLA) which was up 1.70% to settle at 28.66 and Ipsos (EPA:ISOS) which gained 1.68% to close at 54.40.

The worst performers were Elior Group (EPA:ELIOR) which was down 5.85% to 2.67 in late trade, Mcphy Energy (EPA:MCPHY) which lost 4.13% to settle at 12.42 and Valneva (EPA:VLS) which was down 4.11% to 6.53 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 261 to 260 and 101 ended unchanged.

Shares in TotalEnergies SE (EPA:TTEF) rose to 5-year highs; rising 1.07% or 0.62 to 58.44. Shares in Safran SA (EPA:SAF) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 0.67% or 0.78 to 117.22. Shares in Ipsos (EPA:ISOS) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.68% or 0.90 to 54.40.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.44% or 7.70 to $1,753.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.42% or 1.11 to hit $76.83 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.38% or 1.18 to trade at $84.16 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.14% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 105.91.