Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.29%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which rose 2.80% or 0.110 points to trade at 4.041 at the close. Meanwhile, Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) added 2.36% or 2.27 points to end at 98.54 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) was up 1.42% or 0.46 points to 32.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP), which fell 2.10% or 2.10 points to trade at 98.00 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 0.70% or 0.12 points to end at 17.77 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was down 0.66% or 0.49 points to 73.34.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which rose 4.14% to 14.340, Edenred (PA:EDEN) which was up 3.14% to settle at 19.52 and Groupe Eurotunnel (PA:GETP) which gained 2.87% to close at 8.255.
The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was down 2.33% to 16.59 in late trade, Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) which lost 2.10% to settle at 98.00 and Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was down 1.46% to 27.76 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 357 to 312 and 113 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.43% to 18.96.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.38% or 4.50 to $1183.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $47.95 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $48.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.0556, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8476.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 101.76.