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 gained 0.97%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.04%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Worldline SA (PA:WLN), which rose 6.04% or 4.20 points to trade at 73.78 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) added 3.46% or 0.49 points to end at 14.76 and Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) was up 3.29% or 3.25 points to 102.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which fell 1.79% or 0.44 points to trade at 24.20 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 1.18% or 0.33 points to end at 27.69 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was down 0.96% or 0.86 points to 88.90.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Natixis (PA:CNAT) which rose 7.67% to 2.44, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was up 6.04% to settle at 73.78 and Ingenico Group SA (PA:INGC) which gained 5.24% to close at 137.60.
The worst performers were Accor SA (PA:ACCP) which was down 1.79% to 24.20 in late trade, Virbac SA (PA:VIRB) which lost 1.56% to settle at 189.80 and Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which was down 1.36% to 550.60 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 288 to 263 and 102 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.32% to 32.44.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.18% or 3.15 to $1771.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.10% or 0.80 to hit $38.81 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 2.21% or 0.89 to trade at $41.20 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1227, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.9040.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 97.317.