Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.23%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Accor SA (EPA:ACCP), which rose 3.35% or 1.13 points to trade at 34.89 at the close. Meanwhile, Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM) added 2.51% or 0.35 points to end at 14.44 and STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA) was up 2.40% or 0.65 points to 27.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI), which fell 3.62% or 1.92 points to trade at 51.18 at the close. Orange SA (EPA:ORAN) declined 0.58% or 0.06 points to end at 10.21 and Danone SA (EPA:DANO) was down 0.36% or 0.22 points to 60.40.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS) which rose 4.56% to 10.25, Nexity (EPA:NEXI) which was up 4.37% to settle at 10.04 and X Fab Silicon Foundries EV (EPA:XFAB) which gained 3.46% to close at 5.53.
The worst performers were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI) which was down 3.62% to 51.18 in late trade, Nexans SA (EPA:NEXS) which lost 1.84% to settle at 122.40 and Ipsen SA (EPA:IPN) which was down 1.22% to 105.50 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 334 to 119 and 108 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.70% or 17.40 to $2,497.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.83% or 1.41 to hit $78.39 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.87% or 1.49 to trade at $81.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.49% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 102.71.