Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Aerospace & Defense, Automobiles & Parts and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.14%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Lafarge (PARIS:LAFP), which rose 3.80% or 2.39 points to trade at 65.33 at the close. Meanwhile, Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) added 3.24% or 0.53 points to end at 16.90 and Schneider Electric (PARIS:SCHN) was up 2.89% or 1.88 points to 66.84 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alcatel-Lucent (PARIS:ALUA), which fell 9.66% or 0.337 points to trade at 3.151 at the close. Kering (PARIS:PRTP) declined 2.63% or 4.45 points to end at 165.05 and BNP Paribas Act. A (PARIS:BNPP) was down 1.59% or 0.91 points to 56.44.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ingenico (PARIS:INGC) which rose 7.58% to 112.10, Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which was up 6.60% to settle at 38.920 and JC Decaux SA (PARIS:JCDX) which gained 4.55% to close at 35.29.
The worst performers were STMicroelectronics (PARIS:STM) which was down 13.29% to 7.120 in late trade, Alcatel-Lucent (PARIS:ALUA) which lost 9.66% to settle at 3.151 and Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which was down 9.25% to 21.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 451 to 446 and 59 ended unchanged.
Shares in JC Decaux SA (PARIS:JCDX) rose to all time highs; rising 4.55% or 1.53 to 35.29.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 8.78% to 21.01.
Gold for June delivery was down 2.53% or 30.60 to $1179.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.06% or 0.62 to hit $59.20 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.07% or 0.70 to trade at $66.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.53% to 1.1186, while EUR/GBP rose 1.37% to 0.7307.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 95.20.