Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.21% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which rose 7.37% or 4.14 points to trade at 60.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) added 3.40% or 0.71 points to end at 21.61 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) was up 1.81% or 1.32 points to 74.18 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which fell 3.28% or 0.605 points to trade at 17.830 at the close. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) declined 1.98% or 5.60 points to end at 277.20 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was down 1.29% or 5.60 points to 429.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 17.11% to 72.900, Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) which was up 7.37% to settle at 60.28 and SES (PA:SESFd) which gained 5.42% to close at 12.94.
The worst performers were Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which was down 5.19% to 65.80 in late trade, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which lost 3.28% to settle at 17.830 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 2.08% to 155.40 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 309 to 241 and 95 ended unchanged.
Shares in Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) rose to 5-year highs; rising 17.11% or 10.650 to 72.900.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.11% to 11.86.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.50% or 6.70 to $1346.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.48% or 0.33 to hit $68.80 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.98% or 0.72 to trade at $74.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.2340, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8693.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 89.57.