Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.74% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which rose 4.66% or 4.22 points to trade at 94.74 at the close. Meanwhile, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 2.99% or 0.49 points to end at 17.06 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was up 2.16% or 0.415 points to 19.595 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB), which fell 1.43% or 0.62 points to trade at 42.81 at the close. Atos SE (PA:ATOS) declined 0.94% or 1.05 points to end at 110.20 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was down 0.75% or 0.70 points to 92.06.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which rose 5.99% to 28.320, Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was up 5.07% to settle at 24.44 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) which gained 4.66% to close at 94.74.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 9.32% to 1.226 in late trade, Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which lost 2.93% to settle at 40.35 and Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was down 1.95% to 17.56 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 355 to 187 and 91 ended unchanged.
Shares in Safran SA (PA:SAF) rose to all time highs; rising 4.66% or 4.22 to 94.74. Shares in Safran SA (PA:SAF) rose to all time highs; up 4.66% or 4.22 to 94.74.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.88% to 12.50.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.33% or 4.40 to $1318.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $68.03 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.61% or 0.45 to trade at $74.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.37% to 1.2116, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.8700.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 91.29.