Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.50% to hit a new 3-months high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI), which rose 1.98% or 2.50 points to trade at 129.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 1.88% or 1.42 points to end at 76.91 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) was up 1.73% or 2.40 points to 140.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which fell 2.23% or 2.40 points to trade at 105.25 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) declined 1.79% or 0.290 points to end at 15.895 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was down 1.63% or 0.45 points to 27.12.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PA:GTT) which rose 4.61% to 63.50, SES (PA:SESFd) which was up 3.72% to settle at 18.68 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which gained 3.54% to close at 116.95.
The worst performers were Trigano (PA:TRIA) which was down 14.69% to 96.15 in late trade, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which lost 9.82% to settle at 61.550 and Orpea (PA:ORP) which was down 3.07% to 110.60 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 286 to 279 and 97 ended unchanged.
Shares in Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.98% or 2.50 to 129.00. Shares in Trigano (PA:TRIA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 14.69% or 16.55 to 96.15.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 12.31.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.98% or 11.70 to $1187.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.64% or 0.46 to hit $72.03 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.40 to trade at $81.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.1677, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8911.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 94.40.