Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.29% to hit a new 3-months high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 5.37% or 1.31 points to trade at 25.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 2.53% or 0.45 points to end at 18.00 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was up 1.93% or 0.85 points to 45.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which fell 4.68% or 0.65 points to trade at 13.25 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 2.32% or 0.46 points to end at 19.36 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) was down 2.11% or 0.310 points to 14.370.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Altran Technologies SA (PA:ALTT) which rose 7.56% to 9.320, SEB SA (PA:SEBF) which was up 7.53% to settle at 151.40 and Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which gained 6.42% to close at 23.20.
The worst performers were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) which was down 4.68% to 13.25 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 3.38% to settle at 10.855 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 2.92% to 0.966 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 310 to 258 and 98 ended unchanged.
Shares in Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) rose to 5-year highs; rising 5.37% or 1.31 to 25.70.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.39% to 13.65.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.44% or 5.75 to $1315.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.51% or 0.29 to hit $57.23 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.11 to trade at $66.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.1381, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.8577.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.053.