Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.39%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.23%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which rose 5.30% or 6.20 points to trade at 123.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 4.37% or 4.38 points to end at 104.56 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 3.00% or 0.62 points to 21.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which fell 0.26% or 0.30 points to trade at 113.40 at the close. Danone SA (PA:DANO) declined 0.18% or 0.12 points to end at 65.31 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) was down 0.17% or 0.07 points to 37.46.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which rose 5.66% to 25.78, Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which was up 5.30% to settle at 123.25 and Rexel (PA:RXL) which gained 4.99% to close at 13.36.
The worst performers were Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was down 3.47% to 83.450 in late trade, Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which lost 3.10% to settle at 39.33 and Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which was down 2.71% to 63.30 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 346 to 206 and 114 ended unchanged.
Shares in Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) rose to all time highs; rising 4.37% or 4.38 to 104.56. Shares in Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) rose to 5-year highs; rising 3.00% or 0.62 to 21.32.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 8.39% to 10.89 a new 3-months low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.45% or 5.80 to $1307.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $66.64 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.89% or 0.68 to trade at $76.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.42% to 1.1623, while EUR/GBP fell 0.78% to 0.8747.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.08% at 94.57.