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At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.50%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF), which rose 2.64% or 4.05 points to trade at 157.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Generale SA (EPA:SOGN) added 2.02% or 0.48 points to end at 24.20 and Bouygues SA (EPA:BOUY) was up 2.01% or 0.60 points to 30.39 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Schneider Electric SE (EPA:SCHN), which fell 2.07% or 3.42 points to trade at 161.94 at the close. Sanofi SA (EPA:SASY) declined 0.49% or 0.46 points to end at 93.18 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:SGOB) was down 0.36% or 0.21 points to 57.70.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Carmila SA (EPA:CARM) which rose 7.39% to 15.40, Soitec SA (EPA:SOIT) which was up 4.30% to settle at 168.75 and Valneva (EPA:VLS) which gained 4.09% to close at 6.97.
The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) which was down 2.72% to 6.07 in late trade, Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (EPA:CASP) which lost 2.53% to settle at 3.23 and Rexel (EPA:RXL) which was down 2.13% to 23.01 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 289 to 224 and 106 ended unchanged.
Shares in Soitec SA (EPA:SOIT) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.30% or 6.95 to 168.75.
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 0.07% or 1.45 to $1,963.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.28% or 0.21 to hit $75.96 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.31% or 0.25 to trade at $80.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.69% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.29% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 99.58.
