France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.51%

Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials , Utilities and Financials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.51%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.51%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (EPA:AIR ), which rose 4.13% or 5.76 points to trade at 145.14 at the close. Meanwhile, Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN ) added 2.95% or 0.88 points to end at 30.69 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF ) was up 2.64% or 2.28 points to 88.72 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV ), which fell 1.65% or 0.15 points to trade at 8.68 at the close. L’Oreal SA (EPA:OREP ) declined 1.19% or 3.95 points to end at 328.90 and Kering SA (EPA:PRTP ) was down 0.88% or 1.95 points to 219.80.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Voltalia SA (EPA:VLTSA ) which rose 6.92% to 7.73, Clariane SE (EPA:CLARI ) which was up 5.29% to settle at 1.89 and Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS ) which gained 4.22% to close at 5.68.

The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS ) which was down 22.86% to 0.78 in late trade, Nexity (EPA:NEXI ) which lost 5.59% to settle at 11.66 and Elior Group (EPA:ELIOR ) which was down 3.33% to 2.50 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 272 to 226 and 92 ended unchanged.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.02% or 0.49 to $2,665.29 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $68.85 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.16 to trade at $72.46 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.17% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 106.15.

Source: Investing.com