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 1.23%, while the index gained 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the were Accor SA (EPA:), which rose 3.35% or 1.13 points to trade at 34.89 at the close. Meanwhile, Stellantis NV (EPA:) added 2.51% or 0.35 points to end at 14.44 and STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:) was up 2.40% or 0.65 points to 27.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:), which fell 3.62% or 1.92 points to trade at 51.18 at the close. Orange SA (EPA:) declined 0.58% or 0.06 points to end at 10.21 and Danone SA (EPA:) was down 0.36% or 0.22 points to 60.40.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Emeis SA (EPA:) which rose 4.56% to 10.25, Nexity (EPA:) which was up 4.37% to settle at 10.04 and X Fab Silicon Foundries EV (EPA:) which gained 3.46% to close at 5.53.
The worst performers were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:) which was down 3.62% to 51.18 in late trade, Nexans SA (EPA:) which lost 1.84% to settle at 122.40 and Ipsen SA (EPA:) which was down 1.22% to 105.50 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 334 to 119 and 108 ended unchanged.
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 December delivery was up 0.70% or 17.40 to $2,497.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.83% or 1.41 to hit $78.39 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.87% or 1.49 to trade at $81.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.49% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 102.71.
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