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 added 0.07%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Stellantis NV (PA:STLA), which rose 1.77% or 0.30 points to trade at 17.13 at the close. Meanwhile, TotalEnergies SE (PA:TTEF) added 1.29% or 0.48 points to end at 37.58 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 1.10% or 0.62 points to 56.84 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alstom SA (PA:ALSO), which fell 3.37% or 1.22 points to trade at 35.00 at the close. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 1.81% or 1.33 points to end at 72.25 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was down 1.35% or 0.17 points to 12.09.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 3.86% to 0.695, Nexans SA (PA:NEXS) which was up 3.35% to settle at 89.50 and SES (PA:SESFd) which gained 2.64% to close at 7.30.
The worst performers were Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which was down 4.31% to 32.40 in late trade, Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) which lost 3.37% to settle at 35.00 and Mcphy Energy (PA:MCPHY) which was down 2.94% to 18.50 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 324 to 264 and 92 ended unchanged.
Shares in Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 1.10% or 0.62 to 56.84. Shares in Nexans SA (PA:NEXS) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 3.35% or 2.90 to 89.50.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 6-months high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.27% or 4.85 to $1811.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.74% or 1.88 to hit $70.47 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.50% or 1.79 to trade at $73.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.1858, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8578.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 92.328.