France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.84%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.84% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.15%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA ), which rose 2.92% or 0.81 points to trade at 28.58 at the close. Meanwhile, Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:DAST ) added 2.77% or 0.95 points to end at 35.27 and Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:PERP ) was up 1.98% or 2.55 points to 131.15 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF ), which fell 6.50% or 6.85 points to trade at 98.50 at the close. Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI ) declined 1.60% or 0.84 points to end at 51.68 and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW ) was down 1.33% or 0.96 points to 71.44.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Viridien SA (EPA:VIRI ) which rose 7.85% to 40.39, Vallourec (EPA:VLLP ) which was up 6.28% to settle at 14.30 and Soitec SA (EPA:SOIT ) which gained 5.81% to close at 112.90.

The worst performers were ID Logistics SAS (EPA:IDLA ) which was down 7.13% to 417.00 in late trade, Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF ) which lost 6.50% to settle at 98.50 and Clariane SE (EPA:CLARI ) which was down 3.00% to 1.88 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 267 to 204 and 116 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 0.68% or 17.20 to $2,555.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.88% or 1.40 to hit $75.92 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.38% or 1.07 to trade at $78.65 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.36% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.28% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 101.28.

Source: Investing.com