France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.52%

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At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.52%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.51%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF), which rose 3.89% or 5.65 points to trade at 150.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Capgemini SE (EPA:CAPP) added 3.12% or 5.25 points to end at 173.65 and Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS) was up 3.01% or 57.60 points to 1,974.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were TotalEnergies SE (EPA:TTEF), which fell 1.82% or 1.00 points to trade at 53.95 at the close. Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV) declined 1.67% or 0.14 points to end at 8.00 and Orange SA (EPA:ORAN) was down 1.31% or 0.14 points to 10.39.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (EPA:CASP) which rose 10.28% to 6.65, Nexans SA (EPA:NEXS) which was up 8.02% to settle at 78.75 and Voltalia SA (EPA:VLTSA) which gained 7.15% to close at 16.48.

The worst performers were SES (EPA:SESFd) which was down 14.59% to 4.77 in late trade, Altarea SCA (EPA:IMAF) which lost 3.80% to settle at 106.20 and Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which was down 3.21% to 13.74 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 291 to 219 and 113 ended unchanged.

Shares in SES (EPA:SESFd) fell to all time lows; falling 14.59% or 0.82 to 4.77. Shares in Altarea SCA (EPA:IMAF) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.80% or 4.20 to 106.20.

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 August delivery was down 0.46% or 9.05 to $1,968.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 3.81% or 2.67 to hit $67.50 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 3.42% or 2.56 to trade at $72.23 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.50% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 103.31.