France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.76%

Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods , Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.76%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.77%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT ), which rose 6.49% or 1.50 points to trade at 24.63 at the close. Meanwhile, Kering SA (EPA:PRTP ) added 4.12% or 9.50 points to end at 240.10 and Thales (EPA:TCFP ) was up 4.02% or 6.20 points to 160.45 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Legrand SA (EPA:LEGD ), which fell 7.28% or 7.63 points to trade at 97.22 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (EPA:CAGR ) declined 3.59% or 0.50 points to end at 13.28 and BNP Paribas SA (EPA:BNPP ) was down 3.31% or 2.02 points to 59.05.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Viridien SA (EPA:VIRI ) which rose 8.56% to 41.30, Forvia (EPA:FRVIA ) which was up 7.78% to settle at 9.14 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT ) which gained 6.49% to close at 24.63.

The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (EPA:AIRF ) which was down 10.51% to 7.94 in late trade, Legrand SA (EPA:LEGD ) which lost 7.28% to settle at 97.22 and Coface (EPA:COFA ) which was down 4.84% to 14.15 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 270 to 217 and 97 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 December delivery was up 0.99% or 26.50 to $2,702.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.54% or 0.39 to hit $72.08 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.63% or 0.47 to trade at $75.39 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.57% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 104.37.

Source: Investing.com