France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.23% By Investing.com

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

At the close in Paris, the rose 0.23% to hit a new 6-months high, while the index climbed 0.35%.

The best performers of the session on the were Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:), which rose 4.52% or 1.59 points to trade at 36.67 at the close. Meanwhile, Capgemini SE (EPA:) added 4.44% or 7.60 points to end at 178.60 and Vivendi SA (EPA:) was up 3.78% or 0.32 points to 8.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Societe Generale SA (EPA:), which fell 2.61% or 0.63 points to trade at 23.36 at the close. TotalEnergies SE (EPA:) declined 1.72% or 1.04 points to end at 59.27 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:) was down 1.54% or 11.30 points to 721.00.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Solutions 30 SE (EPA:) which rose 8.44% to 1.90, Valneva (EPA:) which was up 8.08% to settle at 6.77 and Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (EPA:) which gained 6.06% to close at 342.90.

The worst performers were Societe Generale SA (EPA:) which was down 2.61% to 23.36 in late trade, TotalEnergies SE (EPA:) which lost 1.72% to settle at 59.27 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:) which was down 1.54% to 721.00 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 324 to 221 and 87 ended unchanged.

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 February delivery was up 3.17% or 55.85 to $1,815.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.95% or 1.57 to hit $82.12 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.15% or 1.00 to trade at $87.97 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.99% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP fell 0.66% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.07% at 104.77.