Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Leisure Goods, Pharmaceuticals & Biotech and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.44%, while the SBF 120 index added 1.42%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which rose 3.65% or 3.10 points to trade at 88.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Renault SA (PA:RENA) added 3.30% or 2.51 points to end at 78.54 and Essilor International Compagnie Generale d`Optique SA (PA:ESSI) was up 2.79% or 2.95 points to 108.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which fell 2.83% or 1.59 points to trade at 54.53 at the close. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) declined 2.21% or 0.94 points to end at 41.79 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was down 0.96% or 1.50 points to 154.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which rose 14.85% to 24.560, Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was up 6.10% to settle at 55.87 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which gained 4.81% to close at 6.478.
The worst performers were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) which was down 2.83% to 54.53 in late trade, Accor SA (PA:ACCP) which lost 2.21% to settle at 41.79 and Maurel Et Prom (PA:MAUP) which was down 1.62% to 3.96 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 455 to 262 and 48 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) rose to 5-year highs; rising 14.85% or 3.175 to 24.560.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.77% to 23.46.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.81% or 9.60 to $1189.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.50% or 0.70 to hit $45.94 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.53% or 0.27 to trade at $49.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.51% to 1.1416, while EUR/GBP fell 0.65% to 0.7365.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.24% at 94.21.