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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.51% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.47%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Teleperformance SE (EPA: TEPRF ), which rose 2.97% or 2.46 points to trade at 85.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA: EUFI ) added 2.59% or 1.25 points to end at 49.45 and Safran SA (EPA: SAF ) was up 2.04% or 4.40 points to 220.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (EPA: RENA ), which fell 2.84% or 1.34 points to trade at 45.81 at the close. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (EPA: MICP ) declined 1.55% or 0.49 points to end at 31.04 and Airbus Group SE (EPA: AIR ) was down 1.26% or 2.00 points to 156.58.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nexity (EPA: NEXI ) which rose 3.37% to 12.89, X Fab Silicon Foundries EV (EPA: XFAB ) which was up 3.35% to settle at 5.12 and Vusiongroup SA (EPA: VU ) which gained 3.35% to close at 173.00.

The worst performers were Valneva (EPA: VLS ) which was down 5.96% to 2.12 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (EPA: AIRF ) which lost 5.78% to settle at 7.24 and Atos SE (EPA: ATOS ) which was unchanged 4.76% to 0.00 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 246 to 242 and 88 ended unchanged.

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 0.44% or 11.89 to $2,684.29 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.06% or 0.78 to hit $74.10 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.17% or 0.89 to trade at $77.05 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.30% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 108.99.