Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.48%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.33%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which rose 3.96% or 2.31 points to trade at 60.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) added 3.89% or 0.69 points to end at 18.29 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 3.33% or 2.33 points to 72.27 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which fell 0.53% or 0.60 points to trade at 112.50 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 0.53% or 0.16 points to end at 30.11 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was down 0.47% or 1.05 points to 220.90.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Biomerieux (PA:BIOX) which rose 7.86% to 172.25, BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) which was up 3.96% to settle at 60.65 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which gained 3.89% to close at 18.29.
The worst performers were Vicat (PA:VCTP) which was down 3.20% to 62.34 in late trade, Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which lost 1.81% to settle at 91.28 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 1.62% to 37.650 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 375 to 236 and 93 ended unchanged.
Shares in Biomerieux (PA:BIOX) rose to all time highs; gaining 7.86% or 12.55 to 172.25.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.23% to 27.60.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.19% or 2.40 to $1281.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $50.86 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.15 to trade at $53.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.36% to 1.0750, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8384.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 99.53.