France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 5.16%

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At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 5.16%, while the SBF 120 index gained 5.06%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which rose 12.34% or 5.36 points to trade at 48.79 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 12.23% or 6.03 points to end at 55.34 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) was up 10.27% or 1.21 points to 12.97 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 0.08% or 0.01 points to trade at 12.77 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 0.39% or 0.34 points to end at 87.56 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was up 1.30% or 0.25 points to 19.50.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Aeroports de Paris SA (PA:ADP) which rose 13.07% to 80.90, WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) which was up 12.34% to settle at 48.79 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) which gained 12.23% to close at 55.34.

The worst performers were Suez SA (PA:SEVI) which was down 3.25% to 10.28 in late trade, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which lost 1.53% to settle at 68.02 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 0.88% to 5.05 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 484 to 108 and 70 ended unchanged.

Shares in Genfit (PA:GNFT) fell to 5-year lows; falling 0.88% or 0.04 to 5.05.

The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 12.57% to 28.50.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.33% or 23.40 to $1732.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 7.93% or 2.34 to hit $31.86 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 7.78% or 2.53 to trade at $35.03 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.86% to 1.0908, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.8956.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.72% at 99.713.

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