Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.86%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which rose 8.69% or 7.20 points to trade at 90.08 at the close. Meanwhile, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 4.07% or 1.87 points to end at 47.87 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 3.96% or 0.960 points to 25.225 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP), which fell 2.04% or 4.30 points to trade at 206.70 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 0.84% or 0.22 points to end at 25.99 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) was down 0.75% or 0.52 points to 69.24.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sodexo (PA:EXHO) which rose 8.69% to 90.08, Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was up 4.55% to settle at 112.70 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which gained 4.07% to close at 47.87.
The worst performers were Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was down 4.53% to 21.90 in late trade, Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which lost 2.82% to settle at 441.00 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 2.57% to 33.320 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 322 to 245 and 94 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tarkett (PA:TKTT) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.53% or 1.04 to 21.90.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.04% to 14.29.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.41% or 5.10 to $1258.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.24% or 0.92 to hit $73.22 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.41% or 0.32 to trade at $77.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.33% to 1.1694, while EUR/GBP rose 0.37% to 0.8843.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 94.11.