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At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.39% to hit a new all time high, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.24%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN), which rose 4.83% or 1.47 points to trade at 31.93 at the close. Meanwhile, BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) added 3.35% or 2.05 points to end at 63.25 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) was up 2.96% or 1.63 points to 56.62 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI), which fell 4.91% or 5.24 points to trade at 101.52 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) declined 1.78% or 0.79 points to end at 43.22 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was down 1.41% or 1.26 points to 88.07.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which rose 8.13% to 4.39, Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) which was up 4.83% to settle at 31.93 and Rexel (PA:RXL) which gained 4.41% to close at 18.95.
The worst performers were Valneva (PA:VLS) which was down 23.70% to 17.640 in late trade, Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (PA:STDM) which lost 7.86% to settle at 441.90 and Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which was down 6.85% to 116.95 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 319 to 269 and 83 ended unchanged.
Shares in Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) rose to 3-years highs; up 4.83% or 1.47 to 31.93. Shares in BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 3.35% or 2.05 to 63.25. Shares in Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) rose to 3-years highs; rising 4.83% or 1.47 to 31.93. Shares in Rexel (PA:RXL) rose to 5-year highs; rising 4.41% or 0.80 to 18.95.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 52-week low.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.77% or 13.95 to $1814.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.42% or 1.08 to hit $77.16 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.42% or 1.12 to trade at $80.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1294, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.8343.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 96.225.
