Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.69%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 6.90% or 0.28 points to trade at 4.33 at the close. Meanwhile, Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) added 2.68% or 0.37 points to end at 14.20 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was up 2.66% or 2.21 points to 85.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which fell 0.46% or 0.023 points to trade at 5.025 at the close. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 0.38% or 0.55 points to end at 144.95 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was down 0.20% or 0.15 points to 73.47.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which rose 6.90% to 4.33, Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which was up 2.96% to settle at 43.24 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which gained 2.68% to close at 14.20.
The worst performers were Havas (PA:HAVA) which was down 2.39% to 7.360 in late trade, GTT (PA:GTT) which lost 1.90% to settle at 31.21 and Zodiac Aerospace (PA:ZODC) which was down 1.62% to 21.20 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 411 to 238 and 105 ended unchanged.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.87% to 19.25 a new 1-month low.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.34% or 4.10 to $1219.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $49.55 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $49.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1172, while EUR/GBP rose 0.50% to 0.7629.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 95.29.