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 added 0.44% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Technip (PA:TECF), which rose 4.26% or 2.50 points to trade at 61.19 at the close. Meanwhile, BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) added 2.12% or 1.06 points to end at 51.06 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was up 1.74% or 0.59 points to 34.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which fell 5.71% or 3.83 points to trade at 63.20 at the close. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) declined 0.88% or 0.21 points to end at 24.36 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) was down 0.87% or 0.26 points to 29.64.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which rose 5.32% to 5.344, Technip (PA:TECF) which was up 4.26% to settle at 61.19 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 2.66% to close at 30.48.
The worst performers were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) which was down 5.71% to 63.20 in late trade, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which lost 5.37% to settle at 24.500 and SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 5.28% to 19.55 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 349 to 310 and 120 ended unchanged.
Shares in Technip (PA:TECF) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.26% or 2.50 to 61.19. Shares in Technip (PA:TECF) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.26% or 2.50 to 61.19.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.34% to 16.81.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.26% or 3.35 to $1266.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.79% or 0.93 to hit $50.89 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.05% or 1.08 to trade at $51.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.0931, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8918.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 98.27.