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 rose 0.66%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.64%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST), which rose 4.68% or 5.85 points to trade at 130.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) added 2.51% or 2.65 points to end at 108.05 and Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO) was up 2.05% or 2.04 points to 101.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which fell 3.45% or 0.452 points to trade at 12.668 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) declined 1.51% or 0.81 points to end at 52.93 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was down 1.17% or 1.42 points to 119.54.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) which rose 4.68% to 130.95, SES (PA:SESFd) which was up 4.17% to settle at 16.74 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which gained 3.83% to close at 5.12.
The worst performers were Trigano SA (PA:TRIA) which was down 21.81% to 71.35 in late trade, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which lost 3.45% to settle at 12.668 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which was down 2.67% to 22.20 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 311 to 242 and 86 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.61% to 16.30.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.06% or 0.95 to $1513.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.76% or 0.43 to hit $56.06 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.19 to trade at $62.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.0925, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8856.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 98.787.