France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.81%

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At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.81%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.74%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Worldline SA (EPA:WLN), which rose 2.19% or 0.84 points to trade at 39.11 at the close. Meanwhile, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH) added 2.10% or 17.40 points to end at 844.40 and Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR) was up 2.03% or 0.37 points to 18.63 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI), which fell 1.28% or 0.80 points to trade at 61.64 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (EPA:PUBP) declined 1.10% or 0.80 points to end at 71.78 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) was down 0.81% or 1.80 points to 221.70.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (EPA:AIRF) which rose 4.20% to 1.70, Voltalia SA (EPA:VLTSA) which was up 3.25% to settle at 14.60 and SES (EPA:SESFd) which gained 3.25% to close at 6.04.

The worst performers were Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (EPA:STDM) which was down 8.62% to 282.00 in late trade, Orpea SA (EPA:ORP) which lost 3.91% to settle at 1.97 and Ipsen SA (EPA:IPN) which was down 1.46% to 101.50 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 319 to 224 and 84 ended unchanged.

Shares in LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.10% or 17.40 to 844.40.

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 June delivery was down 0.15% or 2.90 to $1,994.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.56% or 1.16 to hit $75.53 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.42% or 1.12 to trade at $79.72 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.28% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 102.08.