Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Leisure Goods, Personal Goods and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.74%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP), which rose 2.58% or 0.47 points to trade at 18.72 at the close. Meanwhile, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PARIS:LVMH) added 2.45% or 3.95 points to end at 165.50 and Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP) was up 2.44% or 5.55 points to 232.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Alstom (PARIS:ALSO), which fell 3.23% or 0.88 points to trade at 26.39 at the close. Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) declined 2.71% or 0.27 points to end at 9.73 and Schneider Electric (PARIS:SCHN) was down 1.46% or 0.96 points to 65.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were SCOR SE (PARIS:SCOR) which rose 3.69% to 32.16, Tarkett (PARIS:TKTT) which was up 3.25% to settle at 22.26 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PARIS:TFFP) which gained 2.85% to close at 15.695.
The worst performers were Altran Technologies (PARIS:ALTT) which was down 4.58% to 9.480 in late trade, Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) which lost 4.33% to settle at 0.376 and Vallourec (PARIS:VLLP) which was down 3.26% to 20.48 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 489 to 420 and 53 ended unchanged.
Shares in Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) fell to all time lows; down 4.33% or 0.017 to 0.376.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.57% to 23.10.
Gold for August delivery was down 0.66% or 7.80 to $1178.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.51% or 0.93 to hit $60.50 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.32% or 0.86 to trade at $64.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.86% to 1.1227, while EUR/GBP fell 0.59% to 0.7249.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.70% at 95.25.