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 1.34%, while the index fell 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the were Capgemini SE (EPA:), which rose 3.03% or 5.55 points to trade at 188.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Kering SA (EPA:) added 2.45% or 7.55 points to end at 316.15 and Engie SA (EPA:) was up 2.42% or 0.32 points to 13.53 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Danone SA (EPA:), which fell 2.58% or 1.52 points to trade at 57.40 at the close. Carrefour SA (EPA:) declined 0.32% or 0.05 points to end at 13.89 and Renault SA (EPA:) was up 0.32% or 0.16 points to 50.16.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Orpea SA (EPA:) which rose 6.98% to 12.04, Nexity (EPA:) which was up 6.63% to settle at 9.24 and Forvia (EPA:) which gained 5.03% to close at 12.22.
The worst performers were BIC (EPA:) which was down 12.26% to 55.10 in late trade, Danone SA (EPA:) which lost 2.58% to settle at 57.40 and Air France KLM SA (EPA:) which was down 1.63% to 9.53 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 320 to 186 and 87 ended unchanged.
Shares in Carrefour SA (EPA:) fell to 3-years lows; falling 0.32% or 0.05 to 13.89.
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 0.85% or 20.00 to $2,366.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.19% or 0.15 to hit $80.86 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.28% or 0.24 to trade at $85.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.34% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.09% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 105.26.
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