Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Banks and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.00%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.02%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PARIS:RENA), which rose 11.54% or 7.99 points to trade at 77.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Agricole (PARIS:CAGR) added 4.61% or 0.500 points to end at 11.335 and Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) was up 4.53% or 0.40 points to 9.14 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pernod Ricard (PARIS:PERP), which fell 4.09% or 4.40 points to trade at 103.20 at the close. EDF (PARIS:EDF) declined 3.84% or 0.94 points to end at 23.41 and Danone SA (PARIS:DANO) was down 0.90% or 0.53 points to 58.14.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Renault SA (PARIS:RENA) which rose 11.54% to 77.20, Aperam (AMS:APAM) which was up 9.21% to settle at 25.99 and Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which gained 7.25% to close at 22.86.
The worst performers were Pernod Ricard (PARIS:PERP) which was down 4.09% to 103.20 in late trade, EDF (PARIS:EDF) which lost 3.84% to settle at 23.41 and Soitec (PARIS:SOIT) which was down 2.22% to 0.880 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 629 to 283 and 52 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.04% to 22.15.
Gold for April delivery was up 0.17% or 2.10 to $1221.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in March rose 3.73% or 1.82 to hit $50.66 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 4.89% or 2.73 to trade at $58.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.62% to 1.1405, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.7412.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.02% at 94.19.