At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.39%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.33%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 7.48% or 1.03 points to trade at 14.87 at the close. Meanwhile, Renault SA (PA:RENA) added 6.40% or 1.34 points to end at 22.36 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 4.93% or 0.46 points to 9.77 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Vinci SA (PA:SGEF), which fell 2.74% or 2.34 points to trade at 83.10 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 1.27% or 6.40 points to end at 497.60 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was down 1.09% or 0.60 points to 54.50.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which rose 7.48% to 14.87, Renault SA (PA:RENA) which was up 6.40% to settle at 22.36 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which gained 5.89% to close at 1.069.
The worst performers were Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) which was down 2.74% to 83.10 in late trade, La Francaise Des Jeux Sa (PA:FDJ) which lost 2.69% to settle at 30.01 and GTT (PA:GTT) which was down 2.53% to 67.55 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 348 to 221 and 84 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.20% to 30.39.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.81% or 14.30 to $1780.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $40.74 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.04 to trade at $43.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.1310, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.9037.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 96.588.
