Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher while losses in the Construction & Materials, Foods & Drugs and Industrial Transportation sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.01%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF), which rose 1.85% or 1.90 points to trade at 104.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN) added 1.04% or 0.39 points to end at 37.99 and Danone SA (EPA:DANO) was up 0.90% or 0.54 points to 60.86 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 1.10% or 0.23 points to trade at 20.63 at the close. Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM) declined 0.94% or 0.14 points to end at 14.75 and TotalEnergies SE (EPA:TTEF) was down 0.82% or 0.51 points to 61.62.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Biomerieux SA (EPA:BIOX) which rose 5.59% to 103.90, Euroapi SAS (EPA:EAPI) which was up 3.99% to settle at 4.54 and SCOR SE (EPA:SCOR) which gained 3.19% to close at 19.09.
The worst performers were Eramet SA (EPA:ERMT) which was down 3.12% to 71.45 in late trade, Voltalia SA (EPA:VLTSA) which lost 2.84% to settle at 8.20 and Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which was down 2.74% to 0.83 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 247 to 218 and 116 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 down 1.16% or 29.55 to $2,517.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.79% or 1.29 to hit $73.22 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.79% or 1.36 to trade at $77.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.32% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.35% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 101.34.