Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Automobiles & Parts sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 2.55%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 2.44%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Credit Agricole (PARIS:CAGR), which rose 4.14% or 0.525 points to trade at 13.200 at the close. Meanwhile, Cap Gemini (PARIS:CAPP) added 3.89% or 3.09 points to end at 82.50 and Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) was up 3.78% or 0.65 points to 17.86 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alstom (PARIS:ALSO), which fell 0.31% or 0.08 points to trade at 25.50 at the close. Bouygues (PARIS:BOUY) added 0.32% or 0.10 points to end at 31.09 and Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) was up 0.53% or 0.04 points to 8.17.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) which rose 7.23% to 0.430, Technicolor (PARIS:TCH) which was up 5.84% to settle at 5.852 and Natixis (PARIS:CNAT) which gained 4.94% to close at 6.476.
The worst performers were Alstom (PARIS:ALSO) which was down 0.31% to 25.50 in late trade, Euler Hermes (PARIS:ELER) which lost 0.10% to settle at 91.00 and Eramet (PARIS:ERMT) which was down 0.08% to 62.45 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 620 to 174 and 56 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eramet (PARIS:ERMT) fell to 5-year lows; down 0.08% or 0.05 to 62.45.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.52% to 31.49.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.31% or 3.60 to $1159.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.67% or 1.38 to hit $53.03 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 3.44% or 1.97 to trade at $59.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.57% to 1.1014, while EUR/GBP fell 0.60% to 0.7169.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 96.79.