Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Foods & Drugs, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.31% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 3.35% or 0.71 points to trade at 21.89 at the close. Meanwhile, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 2.40% or 0.355 points to end at 15.170 and Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) was up 1.48% or 1.50 points to 103.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR), which fell 2.93% or 0.315 points to trade at 10.435 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 2.48% or 1.26 points to end at 49.46 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was down 2.41% or 0.41 points to 16.79.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 6.82% to 2.442, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was up 4.25% to settle at 1.694 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which gained 3.35% to close at 21.89.
The worst performers were Natixis (PA:CNAT) which was down 11.76% to 3.480 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 4.38% to settle at 7.550 and Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which was down 3.65% to 31.70 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 299 to 266 and 92 ended unchanged.
Shares in Natixis (PA:CNAT) fell to 52-week lows; falling 11.76% or 0.464 to 3.480.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.22% to 13.68.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 3.21% or 43.30 to $1392.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 5.37% or 2.90 to hit $56.87 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 3.88% or 2.40 to trade at $64.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.60% to 1.1292, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8888.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 96.167.