Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas Producers and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.47% to hit a new 3-months high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.39%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which rose 2.30% or 0.124 points to trade at 5.519 at the close. Meanwhile, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 1.71% or 1.30 points to end at 77.30 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was up 1.32% or 1.15 points to 88.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which fell 3.14% or 3.02 points to trade at 93.07 at the close. Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) declined 1.38% or 0.70 points to end at 50.11 and Airbus Group (PA:AIR) was down 1.28% or 0.74 points to 56.87.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 4.27% to 29.150, Zodiac Aerospace (PA:ZODC) which was up 2.70% to settle at 18.06 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 2.56% to close at 63.780.
The worst performers were Sodexo (PA:EXHO) which was down 3.14% to 93.07 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 2.39% to settle at 3.72 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was down 2.13% to 58.91 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 392 to 274 and 94 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.12% to 19.93.
Gold for June delivery was down 1.71% or 21.40 to $1226.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.10% or 0.04 to hit $41.80 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.27% or 0.12 to trade at $44.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1268, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.7957.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 94.86.