Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.01%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP), which rose 2.70% or 2.90 points to trade at 110.25 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 2.30% or 0.336 points to end at 14.928 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 2.09% or 0.41 points to 20.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN), which fell 1.67% or 0.36 points to trade at 21.48 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 1.50% or 0.20 points to end at 12.81 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was down 1.15% or 0.29 points to 24.89.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which rose 4.59% to 9.345, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 4.41% to settle at 91.200 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) which gained 2.70% to close at 110.25.
The worst performers were Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which was down 2.24% to 113.60 in late trade, Compagnie Plastic Omnium SA (PA:PLOF) which lost 2.01% to settle at 21.41 and Getlink SE (PA:GETP) which was down 1.99% to 13.780 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 286 to 275 and 98 ended unchanged.
Shares in Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) fell to 5-year lows; down 1.67% or 0.36 to 21.48.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.47% to 14.19.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.49% or 6.55 to $1343.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.13% or 1.09 to hit $52.23 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.92% or 1.15 to trade at $61.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1277, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8892.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.032.