Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Personal Goods, Healthcare Equipment & Services and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.36%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.23%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA), which rose 5.73% or 0.56 points to trade at 10.28 at the close. Meanwhile, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PARIS:LVMH) added 2.88% or 4.45 points to end at 158.85 and Essilor International (PARIS:ESSI) was up 2.45% or 2.60 points to 108.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bouygues (PARIS:BOUY), which fell 0.66% or 0.25 points to trade at 37.66 at the close. Alcatel-Lucent (PARIS:ALUA) declined 0.59% or 0.020 points to end at 3.349 and Saint Gobain (PARIS:SGOB) was down 0.58% or 0.24 points to 40.84.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) which rose 5.73% to 10.28, Eramet (PARIS:ERMT) which was up 3.43% to settle at 78.20 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PARIS:LVMH) which gained 2.88% to close at 158.85.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PARIS:TCH) which was down 1.56% to 5.856 in late trade, Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which lost 1.19% to settle at 38.100 and Bouygues (PARIS:BOUY) which was down 0.66% to 37.66 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 596 to 272 and 72 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.31% to 20.68.
Gold for June delivery was up 0.42% or 5.10 to $1223.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.24% or 0.75 to hit $59.75 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.84% or 0.56 to trade at $66.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1377, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.7221.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 93.61.