Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the rose 0.71%, while the index declined 1.61%.
The best performers of the session on the were Vivendi SA (EPA:), which rose 5.52% or 0.57 points to trade at 10.89 at the close. Meanwhile, Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:) added 3.07% or 2.32 points to end at 78.00 and Teleperformance SE (EPA:) was up 2.54% or 2.75 points to 110.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Airbus Group SE (EPA:), which fell 1.01% or 1.34 points to trade at 131.96 at the close. Publicis Groupe SA (EPA:) declined 0.93% or 0.92 points to end at 98.14 and Orange SA (EPA:) was down 0.90% or 0.09 points to 9.91.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:) which rose 21.99% to 0.89, Clariane SE (EPA:) which was up 9.02% to settle at 1.98 and Emeis SA (EPA:) which gained 6.17% to close at 12.53.
The worst performers were Virbac SA (EPA:) which was down 1.71% to 344.00 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (EPA:) which lost 1.16% to settle at 8.16 and Airbus Group SE (EPA:) which was down 1.01% to 131.96 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 317 to 174 and 101 ended unchanged.
Shares in Vivendi SA (EPA:) rose to 52-week highs; up 5.52% or 0.57 to 10.89.
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 up 1.88% or 44.85 to $2,424.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.58% or 0.48 to hit $82.58 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.41% or 0.35 to trade at $85.43 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.35% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.14% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 104.11.
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