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At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.41% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Alstom SA (EPA:ALSO), which rose 5.19% or 1.00 points to trade at 20.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Thales (EPA:TCFP) added 3.82% or 4.65 points to end at 126.25 and Worldline SA (EPA:WLN) was up 2.81% or 1.23 points to 45.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:DAST), which fell 2.75% or 1.01 points to trade at 35.66 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (EPA:PUBP) declined 2.32% or 1.36 points to end at 57.20 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (EPA:MICP) was down 1.80% or 0.46 points to 25.07.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which rose 14.03% to 10.37, Ovh Groupe SAS (EPA:OVH) which was up 8.59% to settle at 13.02 and Solutions 30 SE (EPA:S30) which gained 8.47% to close at 2.37.
The worst performers were Orpea SA (EPA:ORP) which was down 33.34% to 9.83 in late trade, Nexans SA (EPA:NEXS) which lost 4.41% to settle at 96.55 and Metropole Television SA (EPA:MMTP) which was down 3.93% to 10.27 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 290 to 229 and 94 ended unchanged.
Shares in Orpea SA (EPA:ORP) fell to 5-year lows; down 33.34% or 4.91 to 9.83.
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 December delivery was up 0.78% or 12.85 to $1,670.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 3.33% or 2.84 to hit $88.16 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.46% or 2.26 to trade at $94.00 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.11% to 1.01, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.09% at 109.62.
