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At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.55%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Orange SA (EPA:ORAN), which rose 1.35% or 0.14 points to trade at 10.37 at the close. Meanwhile, AXA SA (EPA:AXAF) added 1.05% or 0.28 points to end at 26.41 and Sanofi SA (EPA:SASY) was up 1.00% or 0.98 points to 98.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI), which fell 2.95% or 1.72 points to trade at 56.58 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA) declined 2.46% or 1.08 points to end at 42.63 and Kering SA (EPA:PRTP) was down 2.11% or 10.80 points to 502.20.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Dassault Aviation SA (EPA:AM) which rose 1.83% to 178.20, Ipsen SA (EPA:IPN) which was up 1.59% to settle at 108.60 and Orange SA (EPA:ORAN) which gained 1.35% to close at 10.37.
The worst performers were SES Imagotag (EPA:SESL) which was down 58.27% to 69.60 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (EPA:AIRF) which lost 5.60% to settle at 1.68 and Orpea SA (EPA:ORP) which was down 4.36% to 1.99 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 348 to 163 and 101 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.95% or 1.72 to 56.58. Shares in SES Imagotag (EPA:SESL) fell to 52-week lows; down 58.27% or 97.20 to 69.60.
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 up 0.27% or 5.10 to $1,928.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.98% or 0.68 to hit $68.83 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.88% or 0.65 to trade at $73.49 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.65% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.26% to 0.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.59% at 102.60.
