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At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.39%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP), which rose 2.09% or 3.22 points to trade at 157.44 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 2.03% or 0.80 points to end at 39.90 and Thales (PA:TCFP) was up 1.72% or 2.00 points to 118.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which fell 2.88% or 0.83 points to trade at 27.97 at the close. Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) declined 2.73% or 2.47 points to end at 88.05 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) was down 2.34% or 1.33 points to 55.42.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 2.59% to 170.50, Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) which was up 2.09% to settle at 157.44 and Aeroports de Paris SA (PA:ADP) which gained 2.05% to close at 134.20.
The worst performers were Virbac SA (PA:VIRB) which was down 9.14% to 338.00 in late trade, Trigano SA (PA:TRIA) which lost 6.61% to settle at 128.50 and Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was down 5.03% to 3.10 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 335 to 211 and 91 ended unchanged.
Shares in Thales (PA:TCFP) rose to 3-years highs; rising 1.72% or 2.00 to 118.00.
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 April delivery was up 1.45% or 28.10 to $1,965.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.37% or 1.57 to hit $113.36 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 1.29% or 1.57 to trade at $120.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.09% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 98.86.
