France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.14%

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At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.14%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.09%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TotalEnergies SE (EPA:TTEF), which rose 2.65% or 1.38 points to trade at 53.51 at the close. Meanwhile, Sanofi SA (EPA:SASY) added 1.58% or 1.56 points to end at 100.00 and Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR) was up 1.47% or 0.26 points to 17.91 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA), which fell 2.91% or 1.34 points to trade at 44.51 at the close. Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:DAST) declined 2.61% or 0.96 points to end at 36.04 and EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:ESLX) was down 2.46% or 4.00 points to 158.60.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (EPA:GEPH) which rose 3.70% to 0.67, Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which was up 2.92% to settle at 12.87 and TotalEnergies SE (EPA:TTEF) which gained 2.65% to close at 53.51.

The worst performers were Orpea SA (EPA:ORP) which was down 7.38% to 1.95 in late trade, SES (EPA:SESFd) which lost 4.01% to settle at 5.55 and Remy Cointreau (EPA:RCOP) which was down 3.44% to 162.80 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 305 to 229 and 84 ended unchanged.

Shares in Orpea SA (EPA:ORP) fell to all time lows; down 7.38% or 0.16 to 1.95.

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 0.81% or 16.05 to $1,987.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.41% or 1.03 to hit $73.84 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.16% or 0.90 to trade at $78.66 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.43% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.03% to 0.88.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 102.11.