Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.03% to hit a new 52-week high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP), which rose 1.97% or 2.20 points to trade at 113.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 1.78% or 0.195 points to end at 11.120 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was up 1.12% or 0.47 points to 43.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST), which fell 1.95% or 2.85 points to trade at 143.55 at the close. Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO) declined 0.95% or 1.00 points to end at 104.20 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was down 0.94% or 0.21 points to 22.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 17.86% to 19.860, Trigano SA (PA:TRIA) which was up 4.16% to settle at 98.95 and Vicat (PA:VCTP) which gained 2.79% to close at 44.20.
The worst performers were SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 2.29% to 13.65 in late trade, Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) which lost 1.95% to settle at 143.55 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was down 1.41% to 11.19 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 288 to 277 and 94 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.32% to 11.64.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.20% or 2.85 to $1418.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.94% or 0.54 to hit $56.80 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.71% or 0.45 to trade at $63.37 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1281, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8966.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.350.