Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.16%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.09%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Societe Generale (PA:SOGN), which rose 3.59% or 1.05 points to trade at 30.32 at the close. Meanwhile, BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) added 3.36% or 1.40 points to end at 42.90 and Technip (PA:TECF) was up 2.76% or 1.35 points to 50.26 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which fell 0.69% or 0.27 points to trade at 38.60 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 0.52% or 0.33 points to end at 63.02 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was down 0.40% or 0.30 points to 75.63.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Natixis (PA:CNAT) which rose 4.95% to 3.475, Euronext (PA:ENX) which was up 4.63% to settle at 34.22 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) which gained 3.59% to close at 30.32.
The worst performers were Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which was down 1.57% to 334.65 in late trade, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which lost 1.07% to settle at 33.635 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which was down 0.99% to 25.055 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 416 to 215 and 113 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.79% to 20.27 a new 1-month low.
Gold for August delivery was down 1.04% or 13.95 to $1329.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.68% or 0.75 to hit $45.50 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.86% or 0.86 to trade at $47.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.26% to 1.1119, while EUR/GBP fell 1.27% to 0.8337.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 96.08.