Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Leisure Goods, Industrial Transportation and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.18% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Publicis Groupe SA (PARIS:PUBP), which rose 2.33% or 1.46 points to trade at 64.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Solvay SA (BRU:SOLB) added 1.78% or 1.73 points to end at 98.99 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PARIS:MICP) was up 1.39% or 1.19 points to 86.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PARIS:VIE), which fell 1.36% or 0.280 points to trade at 20.245 at the close. Societe Generale (PARIS:SOGN) declined 1.30% or 0.55 points to end at 41.33 and Schneider Electric SE (PARIS:SCHN) was down 1.13% or 0.59 points to 51.63.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eutelsat Communications (PARIS:ETL) which rose 4.52% to 29.70, CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which was up 4.44% to settle at 4.00 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PARIS:UBIP) which gained 4.42% to close at 21.010.
The worst performers were Nexity (PARIS:NEXI) which was down 5.87% to 37.16 in late trade, Elis Services SA (PARIS:ELIS) which lost 2.81% to settle at 13.50 and Technicolor (PARIS:TCH) which was down 2.09% to 6.317 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 423 to 304 and 46 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ubisoft Entertainment (PARIS:UBIP) rose to 5-year highs; up 4.42% or 0.890 to 21.010.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 8.03% to 23.06 a new 1-month low.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.50% or 5.80 to $1142.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.45% or 1.65 to hit $49.46 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 3.46% or 1.77 to trade at $53.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.1283, while EUR/GBP rose 0.37% to 0.7363.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 95.39.