Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.25%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.28% or 0.485 points to trade at 21.715 at the close. Meanwhile, Orange SA (PA:ORAN) added 1.63% or 0.23 points to end at 14.36 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was up 1.41% or 0.93 points to 66.92 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which fell 1.96% or 0.47 points to trade at 23.75 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 1.75% or 0.35 points to end at 19.70 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) was down 1.64% or 1.70 points to 101.75.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which rose 4.33% to 15.185, Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was up 3.63% to settle at 54.29 and Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) which gained 2.71% to close at 31.62.
The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was down 2.50% to 21.68 in late trade, Ipsen (PA:IPN) which lost 2.12% to settle at 115.15 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 1.96% to 23.75 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 357 to 242 and 96 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.45% to 12.37 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.18% or 2.23 to $1216.87 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.38% or 0.63 to hit $46.12 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 0.67 to trade at $48.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1385, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.8814.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 95.66.