Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.83%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which rose 2.30% or 1.26 points to trade at 56.04 at the close. Meanwhile, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) added 2.28% or 6.65 points to end at 297.80 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 2.22% or 2.34 points to 107.56 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which fell 0.36% or 0.14 points to trade at 39.23 at the close. Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) declined 0.27% or 0.22 points to end at 81.22 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) was down 0.19% or 0.04 points to 21.31.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were JC Decaux SA (PA:JCDX) which rose 7.14% to 27.90, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was up 4.26% to settle at 13.96 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which gained 3.33% to close at 8.38.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 4.32% to 31.480 in late trade, Groupe Eurotunnel (PA:GETP) which lost 1.90% to settle at 10.815 and Euronext (PA:ENX) which was down 1.14% to 52.15 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 323 to 204 and 127 ended unchanged.
Shares in Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.36% or 0.14 to 39.23.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 14.38% to 15.24.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.10% or 1.20 to $1186.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.51% or 0.33 to hit $65.34 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.62% or 0.44 to trade at $71.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.26% to 1.1376, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8948.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 96.48.