Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Automobiles & Parts, Media and Oil & Gas Producers sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.40% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.39%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Lafarge (PARIS:LAFP), which rose 5.72% or 3.45 points to trade at 63.77 at the close. Meanwhile, Veolia Environnement (PARIS:VIE) added 2.82% or 0.510 points to end at 18.590 and Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) was up 2.70% or 0.42 points to 15.96 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA), which fell 0.36% or 0.03 points to trade at 8.90 at the close. Societe Generale (PARIS:SOGN) added 0.16% or 0.07 points to end at 46.56 and GDF Suez (PARIS:GSZ) was up 0.16% or 0.03 points to 19.27.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Innate Pharma (PARIS:IPH) which rose 8.00% to 9.040, Tarkett (PARIS:TKTT) which was up 5.90% to settle at 22.99 and Elior (PARIS:ELIOR) which gained 5.88% to close at 16.75.
The worst performers were Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which was down 4.64% to 31.730 in late trade, Montupet SA (PARIS:MNTP) which lost 2.12% to settle at 63.120 and GTT (PARIS:GTT) which was down 1.49% to 57.04 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 668 to 256 and 33 ended unchanged.
Shares in Veolia Environnement (PARIS:VIE) rose to 3-years highs; rising 2.82% or 0.510 to 18.590. Shares in Societe Generale (PARIS:SOGN) rose to 52-week highs; rising 0.16% or 0.07 to 46.56.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.35% to 16.46 a new 1-month .
Gold for June delivery was down 0.65% or 7.80 to $1195.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.69% or 0.85 to hit $51.27 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.89% or 1.60 to trade at $57.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.11% to 1.0660, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.7240.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.95% at 99.19.