© Reuters. France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.52%
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 added 1.52%, while the index added 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:), which rose 3.43% or 27.70 points to trade at 834.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Hermes International SCA (EPA:) added 3.20% or 60.80 points to end at 1,960.20 and L’Oreal SA (EPA:) was up 3.02% or 12.30 points to 419.10 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thales (EPA:), which fell 0.91% or 1.25 points to trade at 136.55 at the close. Schneider Electric SE (EPA:) declined 0.10% or 0.16 points to end at 160.52 and Legrand SA (EPA:) was down 0.07% or 0.06 points to 91.94.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Remy Cointreau (EPA:) which rose 4.35% to 154.75, Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (EPA:) which was up 4.21% to settle at 2.58 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:) which gained 3.43% to close at 834.70.
The worst performers were SES (EPA:) which was down 1.09% to 6.79 in late trade, Compagnie Plastic Omnium SE (EPA:) which lost 0.99% to settle at 17.07 and Thales (EPA:) which was down 0.91% to 136.55 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 304 to 217 and 96 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 December delivery was up 0.13% or 2.50 to $1,953.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.50% or 1.27 to hit $83.13 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.13% or 0.99 to trade at $86.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.39% to 0.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 102.18.
