Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.25%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM), which rose 3.59% or 0.58 points to trade at 16.80 at the close. Meanwhile, WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) added 3.33% or 1.90 points to end at 59.00 and AXA SA (EPA:AXAF) was up 3.24% or 0.90 points to 28.71 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:ESLX), which fell 4.24% or 7.40 points to trade at 167.15 at the close. Danone SA (EPA:DANO) declined 1.39% or 0.76 points to end at 53.90 and Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI) was down 1.37% or 0.94 points to 67.66.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sopra Steria Group SA (EPA:SOPR) which rose 7.66% to 174.20, Fnac Darty SA (EPA:FNAC) which was up 7.65% to settle at 38.56 and Air France KLM SA (EPA:AIRF) which gained 5.25% to close at 1.78.
The worst performers were Nexity (EPA:NEXI) which was down 9.06% to 24.10 in late trade, Orpea SA (EPA:ORP) which lost 5.54% to settle at 2.59 and EssilorLuxottica SA (EPA:ESLX) which was down 4.24% to 167.15 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 301 to 234 and 89 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sopra Steria Group SA (EPA:SOPR) rose to 52-week highs; up 7.66% or 12.40 to 174.20.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.71% or 13.15 to $1,828.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 2.06% or 1.52 to hit $75.47 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.95% or 1.57 to trade at $82.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.27% to 0.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 104.66.
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