Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.50%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB), which rose 1.53% or 0.74 points to trade at 49.12 at the close. Meanwhile, Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) added 1.41% or 1.50 points to end at 107.90 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) was up 1.36% or 0.96 points to 71.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which fell 0.76% or 0.45 points to trade at 58.65 at the close. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 0.30% or 0.06 points to end at 18.20 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) was down 0.28% or 0.30 points to 105.75.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which rose 5.60% to 10.84, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was up 3.30% to settle at 18.92 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which gained 2.67% to close at 23.110.
The worst performers were Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which was down 40.07% to 5.280 in late trade, Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which lost 1.71% to settle at 109.40 and Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was down 1.55% to 28.03 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 314 to 272 and 95 ended unchanged.
Shares in Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) fell to 3-years lows; falling 40.07% or 3.530 to 5.280.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.07% to 11.54.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.05% or 0.70 to $1291.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.59% or 0.34 to hit $58.36 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $63.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.1854, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8909.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 93.03.