France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.32%
Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas , Consumer Goods and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.32%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.33%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (EPA:PRTP ), which rose 3.97% or 8.45 points to trade at 221.15 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT ) added 3.93% or 0.89 points to end at 23.51 and Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV ) was up 2.90% or 0.26 points to 9.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Thales (EPA:TCFP ), which fell 1.85% or 2.90 points to trade at 153.60 at the close. Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF ) declined 0.69% or 0.62 points to end at 89.82 and Safran SA (EPA:SAF ) was down 0.23% or 0.50 points to 218.50.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Alstom SA (EPA:ALSO ) which rose 11.55% to 21.92, SCOR SE (EPA:SCOR ) which was up 9.67% to settle at 22.46 and Derichebourg (EPA:DBG ) which gained 6.56% to close at 5.00.
The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS ) which was down 36.43% to 0.19 in late trade, Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS ) which lost 6.62% to settle at 5.84 and Euroapi SAS (EPA:EAPI ) which was down 2.98% to 3.52 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 275 to 204 and 101 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alstom SA (EPA:ALSO ) rose to 52-week highs; up 11.55% or 2.27 to 21.92.
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 down 0.29% or 7.40 to $2,579.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $68.56 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.25% or 0.18 to trade at $72.46 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 106.48.
Source: Investing.com
