Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the General Retailers, Gas & Water and Pharmaceuticals & Biotech sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.64% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 6.54% or 1.385 points to trade at 22.565 at the close. Meanwhile, Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) added 4.14% or 2.09 points to end at 52.55 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was up 3.97% or 1.69 points to 44.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR), which fell 8.28% or 0.975 points to trade at 10.795 at the close. Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) declined 7.86% or 1.37 points to end at 16.05 and Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) was down 5.84% or 1.81 points to 29.18.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Euronext (PA:ENX) which rose 8.47% to 42.50, Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) which was up 6.54% to settle at 22.565 and Natixis (PA:CNAT) which gained 5.16% to close at 5.793.
The worst performers were CGG (PA:GEPH) which was down 14.07% to 3.45 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 8.54% to settle at 10.12 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) which was down 8.28% to 10.795 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 379 to 348 and 46 ended unchanged.
Shares in Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) rose to 3-years highs; rising 6.54% or 1.385 to 22.565. Shares in Euronext (PA:ENX) rose to all time highs; rising 8.47% or 3.32 to 42.50. Shares in Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) rose to 3-years highs; rising 6.54% or 1.385 to 22.565.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.00% to 20.07.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.03% or 0.30 to $1105.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.37% or 0.17 to hit $46.15 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.34% or 0.17 to trade at $48.74 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.00% to 1.0863, while EUR/GBP rose 1.05% to 0.7138.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 98.18.