France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 up 2.29%

Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the General Retailers , Household Goods and General Financial sectors led shares higher while losses in the Consumer Goods , Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 2.29%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.52%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:SGOB ), which rose 4.42% or 3.58 points to trade at 84.52 at the close. Meanwhile, Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS ) added 4.35% or 83.00 points to end at 1,992.00 and Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI ) was up 4.09% or 2.14 points to 54.48 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (EPA:ENGIE ), which fell 2.23% or 0.36 points to trade at 15.57 at the close. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW ) declined 1.96% or 1.52 points to end at 76.12 and Orange SA (EPA:ORAN ) was down 1.24% or 0.14 points to 10.78.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Beneteau SA (EPA:CHBE ) which rose 11.14% to 9.08, Atos SE (EPA:ATOS ) which was up 8.10% to settle at 0.79 and Inter Parfums Inc. (EPA:IPAR ) which gained 6.17% to close at 43.85.

The worst performers were Solutions 30 SE (EPA:S30 ) which was down 3.04% to 1.43 in late trade, Voltalia SA (EPA:VLTSA ) which lost 2.55% to settle at 8.04 and Engie SA (EPA:ENGIE ) which was down 2.23% to 15.57 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 298 to 182 and 101 ended unchanged.

Shares in Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:SGOB ) rose to all time highs; rising 4.42% or 3.58 to 84.52.

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 0.62% or 16.00 to $2,614.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.20% or 1.54 to hit $71.42 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.94% or 1.43 to trade at $75.08 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.27% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 100.43.

Source: Investing.com