Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.65%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which rose 10.12% or 1.265 points to trade at 13.765 at the close. Meanwhile, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 5.80% or 1.49 points to end at 27.17 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was up 4.70% or 3.42 points to 76.26 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which fell 1.40% or 0.24 points to trade at 17.22 at the close. L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) declined 0.50% or 1.00 points to end at 199.50 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) was down 0.49% or 0.46 points to 93.82.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which rose 10.12% to 13.765, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which was up 5.80% to settle at 27.17 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 5.54% to close at 10.660.
The worst performers were Iliad (PA:ILD) which was down 3.16% to 102.50 in late trade, Eramet (PA:ERMT) which lost 2.98% to settle at 53.70 and Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which was down 2.58% to 31.740 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 310 to 257 and 91 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.28% to 15.74.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.35% or 4.45 to $1279.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.06% or 0.56 to hit $53.18 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.04 to trade at $61.18 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.65% to 1.1306, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8678.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 96.278.