Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.00% to hit a new 3-months high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which rose 3.61% or 1.14 points to trade at 32.71 at the close. Meanwhile, Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) added 1.73% or 0.335 points to end at 19.755 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) was up 1.38% or 0.92 points to 67.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 6.85% or 1.48 points to trade at 20.14 at the close. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) declined 3.69% or 1.48 points to end at 38.58 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was down 2.28% or 0.97 points to 41.59.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 24.18% to 2.152, Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was up 7.01% to settle at 70.250 and Wendel (PA:MWDP) which gained 6.54% to close at 110.80.
The worst performers were Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which was down 16.32% to 51.80 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which lost 6.85% to settle at 20.14 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which was down 5.78% to 87.70 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 296 to 285 and 81 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.75% to 14.34.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.42% or 19.15 to $1328.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.61% or 0.35 to hit $56.81 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.37% or 0.25 to trade at $66.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1330, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8690.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 96.498.