Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.71%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which rose 4.47% or 1.52 points to trade at 35.61 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) added 3.38% or 0.84 points to end at 25.70 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 2.93% or 1.58 points to 55.52 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX), which fell 1.71% or 2.66 points to trade at 152.98 at the close. Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) declined 0.69% or 8.50 points to end at 1220.00 and Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) was down 0.20% or 0.40 points to 204.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Solutions 30 SE (PA:S30) which rose 26.24% to 7.36, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 8.25% to settle at 8.270 and Trigano SA (PA:TRIA) which gained 5.57% to close at 183.90.
The worst performers were EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) which was down 1.71% to 152.98 in late trade, Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which lost 1.53% to settle at 96.50 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 1.08% to 183.90 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 358 to 231 and 82 ended unchanged.
Shares in Trigano SA (PA:TRIA) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.57% or 9.70 to 183.90.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0% to 18.96 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.05% or 0.85 to $1770.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.92% or 1.41 to hit $74.88 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.34% or 1.00 to trade at $75.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1856, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8604.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 92.472.