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At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.74% to hit a new 6-months high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which rose 4.04% or 2.20 points to trade at 56.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) added 3.99% or 9.30 points to end at 242.50 and Capgemini SE (EPA:CAPP) was up 3.30% or 5.40 points to 168.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:ESLX), which fell 1.56% or 2.70 points to trade at 170.45 at the close. Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV) declined 0.87% or 0.08 points to end at 9.56 and Danone SA (EPA:DANO) was down 0.84% or 0.42 points to 49.35.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which rose 6.81% to 13.10, WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) which was up 4.04% to settle at 56.70 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) which gained 3.99% to close at 242.50.
The worst performers were Orpea SA (EPA:ORP) which was down 17.55% to 7.13 in late trade, Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP) which lost 14.03% to settle at 20.52 and Derichebourg (EPA:DBG) which was down 2.59% to 6.20 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 296 to 245 and 98 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP) fell to 5-year lows; losing 14.03% or 3.35 to 20.52.
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 February delivery was up 1.18% or 22.25 to $1,901.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.80% or 1.39 to hit $78.80 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.01% or 1.66 to trade at $84.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.87% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.89.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.92% at 101.98.
