France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.97% 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 0.97%, while the index climbed 0.98%.

The best performers of the session on the were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:), which rose 3.09% or 2.06 points to trade at 68.64 at the close. Meanwhile, Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:) added 2.22% or 0.74 points to end at 34.04 and STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:) was up 2.13% or 0.70 points to 33.51 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were TotalEnergies SE (EPA:), which rose 0.02% or 0.01 points to trade at 59.38 at the close. Safran SA (EPA:) added 0.03% or 0.04 points to end at 118.02 and AXA SA (EPA:) was up 0.19% or 0.05 points to 26.40.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Mcphy Energy (EPA:) which rose 6.27% to 12.71, Solutions 30 SE (EPA:) which was up 6.08% to settle at 1.72 and Korian Medica SA (EPA:) which gained 5.24% to close at 9.95.

The worst performers were Aeroports de Paris SA (EPA:) which was down 0.59% to 126.25 in late trade, Accor SA (EPA:) which lost 0.42% to settle at 23.72 and Inter Parfums Inc. (EPA:) which was down 0.35% to 56.20 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 364 to 165 and 96 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 0.56% or 10.10 to $1,825.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.65% or 1.30 to hit $77.66 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.61% or 1.35 to trade at $82.64 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.70% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.28% to 0.89.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 103.60.