© Reuters. France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.79%
Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the rose 0.79%, while the index unchanged 0.00%.
The best performers of the session on the were AXA SA (EPA:), which rose 2.67% or 0.71 points to trade at 27.34 at the close. Meanwhile, Sanofi SA (EPA:) added 2.43% or 2.33 points to end at 98.26 and Kering SA (EPA:) was up 2.07% or 11.00 points to 541.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:), which fell 1.61% or 0.67 points to trade at 40.70 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:) declined 1.51% or 0.71 points to end at 46.23 and Worldline SA (EPA:) was down 1.39% or 0.48 points to 33.98.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (EPA:) which rose 11.46% to 3.48, AXA SA (EPA:) which was up 2.67% to settle at 27.34 and Voltalia SA (EPA:) which gained 2.49% to close at 15.62.
The worst performers were Soitec SA (EPA:) which was down 3.70% to 165.20 in late trade, Euroapi SAS (EPA:) which lost 2.89% to settle at 10.59 and Nexans SA (EPA:) which was down 2.71% to 80.90 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 271 to 240 and 105 ended unchanged.
The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.52% or 10.30 to $1,970.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.61% or 0.46 to hit $75.75 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.31 to trade at $79.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.66% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.03% to 0.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.65% at 100.64.
