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 0.44% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 2.54% or 0.34 points to trade at 13.94 at the close. Meanwhile, Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) added 2.02% or 0.47 points to end at 23.68 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was up 1.97% or 2.75 points to 142.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which fell 2.93% or 1.16 points to trade at 38.38 at the close. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 2.76% or 3.60 points to end at 126.70 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was down 2.67% or 0.62 points to 22.59.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were SES (PA:SESFd) which rose 3.69% to 14.62, Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which was up 3.31% to settle at 449.40 and Imerys SA (PA:IMTP) which gained 3.25% to close at 39.34.
The worst performers were Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) which was down 4.90% to 37.45 in late trade, Accor SA (PA:ACCP) which lost 2.93% to settle at 38.38 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) which was down 2.76% to 126.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 296 to 252 and 104 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.08% to 14.08 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.16% or 2.45 to $1505.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.56% or 0.87 to hit $54.88 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.45% or 0.88 to trade at $59.93 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.54% to 1.1068, while EUR/GBP rose 0.38% to 0.8963.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 98.308.