Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.66%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which rose 2.96% or 2.16 points to trade at 75.23 at the close. Meanwhile, Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) added 2.79% or 0.157 points to end at 5.793 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was up 2.07% or 1.72 points to 84.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Orange SA (PA:ORAN), which fell 0.70% or 0.11 points to trade at 15.53 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 0.44% or 0.06 points to end at 13.53 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was down 0.33% or 0.29 points to 87.88.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PA:GTT) which rose 4.87% to 36.85, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which was up 4.07% to settle at 48.63 and SES (PA:SESFd) which gained 4.06% to close at 22.91.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 1.92% to 4.500 in late trade, STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which lost 0.89% to settle at 14.555 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) which was down 0.70% to 15.53 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 417 to 195 and 92 ended unchanged.
Shares in Faurecia (PA:EPED) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 4.07% or 1.90 to 48.63. Shares in SES (PA:SESFd) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.06% or 0.90 to 22.91.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.37% to 13.41.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.65% or 8.31 to $1263.69 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.12% or 0.54 to hit $48.86 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.71% or 0.36 to trade at $51.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1210, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8700.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 97.16.