Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.46%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which rose 5.04% or 5.35 points to trade at 111.50 at the close. Meanwhile, EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) added 3.57% or 3.85 points to end at 111.65 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 2.49% or 0.62 points to 25.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which fell 2.00% or 0.34 points to trade at 16.41 at the close. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 1.89% or 2.98 points to end at 154.66 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was down 1.34% or 0.255 points to 18.740.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 11.22% to 56.500, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was up 5.21% to settle at 70.640 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) which gained 5.04% to close at 111.50.
The worst performers were Solocal Group SA (PA:LOCAL) which was down 6.06% to 0.620 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 3.91% to settle at 2.137 and Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was down 3.51% to 60.450 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 329 to 232 and 97 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.32% to 19.55.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.06% or 0.70 to $1230.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 3.06% or 1.54 to hit $51.83 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.12% or 1.25 to trade at $60.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.1372, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.8903.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 96.815.