Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.07%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.90%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which rose 3.41% or 0.535 points to trade at 16.230 at the close. Meanwhile, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 3.31% or 1.30 points to end at 40.57 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) was up 3.06% or 1.14 points to 38.26 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which fell 0.86% or 0.14 points to trade at 16.68 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 0.63% or 0.32 points to end at 50.78 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was down 0.60% or 0.45 points to 74.67.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which rose 8.78% to 93.55, Iliad (PA:ILD) which was up 5.14% to settle at 121.60 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which gained 4.86% to close at 1.079.
The worst performers were Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was down 4.12% to 36.76 in late trade, Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST) which lost 2.69% to settle at 126.40 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was down 2.56% to 9.330 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 288 to 281 and 99 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.97% to 12.28 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.12% or 1.40 to $1209.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.41% or 0.29 to hit $70.48 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.62 to trade at $78.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.69% to 1.1754, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8881.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 93.65.