France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.47%

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At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.47% to hit a new all time high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.45%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV), which rose 6.32% or 0.60 points to trade at 10.07 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Generale SA (EPA:SOGN) added 2.12% or 0.47 points to end at 22.40 and BNP Paribas SA (EPA:BNPP) was up 2.10% or 1.22 points to 59.41 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP), which fell 1.32% or 2.80 points to trade at 208.70 at the close. Sanofi SA (EPA:SASY) declined 1.07% or 1.10 points to end at 101.38 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (EPA:URW) was down 0.83% or 0.42 points to 50.04.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Orpea SA (EPA:ORP) which rose 9.29% to 3.34, Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV) which was up 6.32% to settle at 10.07 and Bollore SA (EPA:BOLL) which gained 5.27% to close at 6.09.

The worst performers were Solutions 30 SE (EPA:S30) which was down 5.84% to 2.32 in late trade, SES (EPA:SESFd) which lost 5.55% to settle at 5.45 and Valneva (EPA:VLS) which was down 4.63% to 4.86 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 297 to 268 and 79 ended unchanged.

Shares in Bollore SA (EPA:BOLL) rose to all time highs; rising 5.27% or 0.31 to 6.09.

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 up 0.64% or 12.75 to $2,019.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.52% or 0.42 to hit $81.25 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.48% or 0.41 to trade at $85.17 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.40% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 101.45.