France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.69%

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At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.69%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.67%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI), which rose 5.69% or 3.30 points to trade at 61.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP) added 2.42% or 4.75 points to end at 201.20 and TotalEnergies SE (EPA:TTEF) was up 1.97% or 1.14 points to 59.12 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STM), which fell 3.24% or 1.48 points to trade at 44.23 at the close. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 1.09% or 0.63 points to end at 57.17 and Credit Agricole SA (EPA:CAGR) was down 0.77% or 0.09 points to 11.30.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technip Energies BV (EPA:TE) which rose 7.02% to 19.30, Vallourec (EPA:VLLP) which was up 6.15% to settle at 14.23 and Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI) which gained 5.69% to close at 61.30.

The worst performers were STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STM) which was down 3.24% to 44.23 in late trade, JC Decaux SA (EPA:JCDX) which lost 2.58% to settle at 21.94 and Getlink SE (EPA:GETP) which was down 2.39% to 15.53 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 279 to 265 and 81 ended unchanged.

Shares in Technip Energies BV (EPA:TE) rose to all time highs; rising 7.02% or 1.26 to 19.30.

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 April delivery was down 0.29% or 5.35 to $1,840.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.32% or 0.25 to hit $77.94 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.14 to trade at $84.45 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.80% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.89.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.65% at 105.11.