Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Utilities and Foods & Drugs sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.44%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP), which rose 2.91% or 7.10 points to trade at 251.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Legrand SA (PARIS:LEGD) added 2.15% or 0.99 points to end at 46.95 and Michelin (PARIS:MICP) was up 2.07% or 1.75 points to 86.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Technip (PARIS:TECF), which fell 1.92% or 1.01 points to trade at 51.54 at the close. Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) declined 1.46% or 0.12 points to end at 8.34 and Total SA (PARIS:TOTF) was down 1.44% or 0.66 points to 44.91.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were STMicroelectronics (PARIS:STM) which rose 3.43% to 7.392, Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP) which was up 2.91% to settle at 251.20 and Altran Technologies (PARIS:ALTT) which gained 2.75% to close at 7.635.
The worst performers were CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which was down 6.36% to 5.08 in late trade, Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which lost 3.78% to settle at 18.99 and Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) which was down 2.37% to 0.742 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 489 to 411 and 54 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.42% to 21.28.
Gold for April delivery was down 2.48% or 31.90 to $1255.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in March fell 1.33% or 0.59 to hit $43.86 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract rose 0.18% or 0.09 to trade at $48.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.1281, while EUR/GBP rose 0.60% to 0.7501.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.39% at 95.25.