Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities , Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.18%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (EPA: AIR ), which rose 3.46% or 5.36 points to trade at 160.14 at the close. Meanwhile, TotalEnergies SE (EPA: TTEF ) added 2.19% or 1.15 points to end at 53.73 and Engie SA (EPA: ENGIE ) was up 1.40% or 0.22 points to 15.53 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were STMicroelectronics NV (EPA: STMPA ), which fell 2.00% or 0.49 points to trade at 23.79 at the close. Edenred SA (EPA: EDEN ) declined 1.86% or 0.59 points to end at 31.16 and Dassault Systemes SE (EPA: DAST ) was down 1.19% or 0.40 points to 33.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Viridien SA (EPA: VIRI ) which rose 10.14% to 56.03, Valneva (EPA: VLS ) which was up 6.75% to settle at 2.31 and Gaztransport et Technigaz SA (EPA: GTT ) which gained 4.59% to close at 134.50.
The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA: ATOS ) which was unchanged 3.85% to 0.00 in late trade, Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA: ETL ) which lost 2.73% to settle at 2.21 and Arkema SA (EPA: AKE ) which was down 2.65% to 71.60 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 332 to 173 and 80 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA: ETL ) fell to all time lows; down 2.73% or 0.06 to 2.21.
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 up 1.25% or 32.90 to $2,673.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.61% or 1.87 to hit $73.59 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.30% or 1.72 to trade at $76.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.86% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.25% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.75% at 109.11.