Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.11%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.04%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which rose 9.94% or 8.37 points to trade at 92.54 at the close. Meanwhile, Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) added 3.41% or 2.36 points to end at 71.60 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was up 3.19% or 0.60 points to 19.23 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which fell 1.50% or 0.295 points to trade at 19.370 at the close. Danone SA (PA:DANO) declined 1.18% or 0.76 points to end at 63.50 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was down 0.93% or 1.75 points to 185.55.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) which rose 9.94% to 92.54, Imerys (PA:IMTP) which was up 5.70% to settle at 83.50 and Ipsen (PA:IPN) which gained 5.36% to close at 115.05.
The worst performers were Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was down 4.50% to 29.30 in late trade, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which lost 2.92% to settle at 10.13 and Suez SA (PA:SEVI) which was down 2.30% to 10.840 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 383 to 194 and 92 ended unchanged.
Shares in Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) fell to 3-years lows; losing 0.93% or 1.75 to 185.55. Shares in Suez SA (PA:SEVI) fell to 3-years lows; losing 2.30% or 0.255 to 10.840.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.11% to 17.80.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.40% or 5.40 to $1352.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.26% or 0.16 to hit $60.76 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.59% or 0.38 to trade at $63.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.2463, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8883.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 88.83.