Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.96%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.85%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 6.04% or 0.274 points to trade at 4.809 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) added 5.15% or 1.77 points to end at 36.26 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 4.62% or 0.63 points to 14.29 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which fell 1.86% or 0.375 points to trade at 19.750 at the close. Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) added 0.36% or 0.23 points to end at 64.65 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 0.69% or 0.10 points to 14.69.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which rose 6.04% to 4.809, Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) which was up 5.15% to settle at 36.26 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which gained 4.62% to close at 14.29.
The worst performers were Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was down 4.33% to 11.06 in late trade, Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) which lost 1.86% to settle at 19.750 and GTT (PA:GTT) which was down 1.56% to 28.44 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 436 to 235 and 93 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 19.64% to 27.41.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.45% or 5.75 to $1264.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.65% or 0.32 to hit $49.45 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.70% or 0.35 to trade at $50.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.1349, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.7660.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 93.54.