Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.57%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 3.01% or 0.164 points to trade at 5.619 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 2.62% or 0.199 points to end at 7.800 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) was up 2.19% or 0.91 points to 42.18 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which fell 1.40% or 0.070 points to trade at 4.915 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) declined 0.91% or 0.67 points to end at 72.75 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was down 0.64% or 0.39 points to 60.36.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 4.45% to 18.7900, BIC (PA:BICP) which was up 4.39% to settle at 135.45 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which gained 4.16% to close at 37.300.
The worst performers were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) which was down 1.40% to 4.915 in late trade, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which lost 0.91% to settle at 72.75 and Aeroports De Paris SA (PA:ADP) which was down 0.84% to 92.22 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 420 to 221 and 120 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aeroports De Paris SA (PA:ADP) fell to 52-week lows; falling 0.84% or 0.78 to 92.22.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.73% to 20.40.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.34% or 4.65 to $1369.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.38% or 0.97 to hit $41.80 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.20% or 0.95 to trade at $44.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1134, while EUR/GBP rose 1.36% to 0.8482.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 95.67.