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 rose 0.83%, while the index added 1.27%.
The best performers of the session on the were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:), which rose 3.10% or 1.38 points to trade at 45.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Generale SA (EPA:) added 2.48% or 0.57 points to end at 23.53 and Credit Agricole SA (EPA:) was up 2.26% or 0.30 points to 13.56 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Capgemini SE (EPA:), which fell 0.31% or 0.60 points to trade at 191.50 at the close. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:) declined 0.31% or 0.24 points to end at 76.18 and Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:) was down 0.31% or 0.40 points to 130.65.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Clariane SE (EPA:) which rose 7.80% to 1.98, Nexity (EPA:) which was up 4.01% to settle at 9.34 and Eramet SA (EPA:) which gained 3.85% to close at 105.10.
The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:) which was down 9.98% to 0.76 in late trade, Verallia (EPA:) which lost 2.43% to settle at 34.52 and Soitec SA (EPA:) which was down 1.51% to 104.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 298 to 193 and 94 ended unchanged.
Shares in Atos SE (EPA:) fell to all time lows; falling 9.98% or 0.09 to 0.76.
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 August delivery was down 0.15% or 3.65 to $2,365.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.05% or 0.04 to hit $83.92 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.16% or 0.14 to trade at $87.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.22% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 104.81.
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