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At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.69% to hit a new 6-months high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.54%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 20.34% or 5.31 points to trade at 31.41 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) added 6.90% or 1.23 points to end at 19.00 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was up 4.35% or 1.52 points to 36.49 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alstom SA (PA:ALSO), which fell 1.95% or 0.82 points to trade at 41.22 at the close. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 1.75% or 1.02 points to end at 57.24 and Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) was down 1.00% or 1.90 points to 188.35.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which rose 20.34% to 31.41, Bollore SA (PA:BOLL) which was up 14.68% to settle at 4.16 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) which gained 6.90% to close at 19.00.
The worst performers were Mcphy Energy (PA:MCPHY) which was down 6.01% to 32.05 in late trade, Coface (PA:COFA) which lost 3.25% to settle at 8.92 and Ipsen SA (PA:IPN) which was down 2.22% to 72.75 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 429 to 197 and 57 ended unchanged.
Shares in Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 20.34% or 5.31 to 31.41. Shares in Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 20.34% or 5.31 to 31.41. Shares in Bollore SA (PA:BOLL) rose to 52-week highs; rising 14.68% or 0.53 to 4.16.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.27% or 4.95 to $1818.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.51% or 0.90 to hit $60.37 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.46% or 0.91 to trade at $63.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.2131, while EUR/GBP fell 0.35% to 0.8720.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 90.338.
