Paris (ANTARA) – French stocks closed higher on Friday (10/22/2021), erasing all of the previous day’s losses with the benchmark CAC 40 index on the Paris Stock Exchange rising 0.71 percent, or 47.52 points. , to settle at 6,733.69 points.
The CAC 40 index slumped 0.29 percent, or 19.44 points, to 6,686.17 points on Thursday (10/21/2021), after rising 0.54 percent, or 35.76 points, to 6,705.61 points on Wednesday (20/10). /2021), and shrank 0.05 percent or 3.25 points to 6,669.85 points on Tuesday (19/10/2021).
Of the 40 stocks of selected large companies that are components of the CAC 40 index, 26 stocks managed to record gains, while 14 other stocks suffered losses.
French multinational personal care company L’Oreal soared 5.08 percent, being the biggest profit maker (top gainer) from superior shares or blue chips.
It was followed by European commercial real estate firm Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE which rose 4.07 percent, and French multinational information technology consulting firm Capgemini rose 2.36 percent.
Meanwhile, the European multinational aerospace industry group Airbus suffered the most losses (top loser) among the leading stocks, with its share price cut 1.44 percent.
Followed by shares of the company that manages a group of analytical laboratories specializing in the agri-food sector, Eurofins Scientific, which lost 1.06 percent, and the French tire manufacturing company Michelin, which fell 1.01 percent.
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