Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the gained 0.37%, while the index gained 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the were Accor SA (EPA:), which rose 4.77% or 2.10 points to trade at 46.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Generale SA (EPA:) added 4.30% or 1.06 points to end at 25.62 and Stellantis NV (EPA:) was up 3.77% or 0.46 points to 12.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Safran SA (EPA:), which fell 7.31% or 16.70 points to trade at 211.90 at the close. Legrand SA (EPA:) declined 0.60% or 0.58 points to end at 95.78 and Hermes International SCA (EPA:) was down 0.55% or 12.00 points to 2,188.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (EPA:) which rose 12.51% to 85.00, X Fab Silicon Foundries EV (EPA:) which was up 6.32% to settle at 4.88 and Worldline SA (EPA:) which gained 5.91% to close at 7.42.
The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:) which was down 38.05% to 0.21 in late trade, Safran SA (EPA:) which lost 7.31% to settle at 211.90 and Valneva (EPA:) which was down 5.18% to 1.83 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 276 to 223 and 95 ended unchanged.
Shares in Accor SA (EPA:) rose to 5-year highs; rising 4.77% or 2.10 to 46.10.
The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.66% or 17.71 to $2,658.49 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $68.45 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.05 to trade at $72.26 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.61% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.13% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.44% at 105.82.
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