Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials , Utilities and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.37%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.47%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Accor SA (EPA: ACCP ), which rose 4.77% or 2.10 points to trade at 46.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Societe Generale SA (EPA: SOGN ) added 4.30% or 1.06 points to end at 25.62 and Stellantis NV (EPA: STLAM ) was up 3.77% or 0.46 points to 12.55 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Safran SA (EPA: SAF ), which fell 7.31% or 16.70 points to trade at 211.90 at the close. Legrand SA (EPA: LEGD ) declined 0.60% or 0.58 points to end at 95.78 and Hermes International SCA (EPA: HRMS ) was down 0.55% or 12.00 points to 2,188.00.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (EPA: SOIT ) which rose 12.51% to 85.00, X Fab Silicon Foundries EV (EPA: XFAB ) which was up 6.32% to settle at 4.88 and Worldline SA (EPA: WLN ) which gained 5.91% to close at 7.42.

The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA: ATOS ) which was down 38.05% to 0.21 in late trade, Safran SA (EPA: SAF ) which lost 7.31% to settle at 211.90 and Valneva (EPA: VLS ) 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: ACCP ) rose to 5-year highs; rising 4.77% or 2.10 to 46.10.

The CAC 40 VIX , 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.