France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.04% 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 added 1.04%, while the index gained 1.11%.

The best performers of the session on the were Safran SA (EPA:), which rose 4.85% or 4.72 points to trade at 102.04 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group SE (EPA:) added 3.91% or 3.65 points to end at 96.90 and Alstom SA (EPA:) was up 3.91% or 0.67 points to 17.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:), which fell 2.54% or 4.55 points to trade at 174.55 at the close. L’Oreal SA (EPA:) declined 2.51% or 8.25 points to end at 320.35 and Hermes International SCA (EPA:) was down 2.30% or 29.50 points to 1,254.50.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elior Group (EPA:) which rose 8.55% to 1.88, Air France KLM SA (EPA:) which was up 5.96% to settle at 1.39 and Faurecia (EPA:) which gained 5.71% to close at 12.03.

The worst performers were Pernod Ricard SA (EPA:) which was down 2.54% to 174.55 in late trade, L’Oreal SA (EPA:) which lost 2.51% to settle at 320.35 and Hermes International SCA (EPA:) which was down 2.30% to 1,254.50 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 316 to 226 and 82 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 December delivery was down 0.31% or 5.15 to $1,672.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.12% or 1.85 to hit $89.12 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.11% or 1.95 to trade at $94.40 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.73% to 0.98, while EUR/GBP fell 1.30% to 0.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.77% at 112.36.