France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.27% 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 1.27%, while the index gained 1.22%.

The best performers of the session on the were Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:), which rose 4.79% or 2.62 points to trade at 57.31 at the close. Meanwhile, Alstom SA (EPA:) added 4.59% or 1.17 points to end at 26.68 and L’Oreal SA (EPA:) was up 3.12% or 10.05 points to 332.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:), which fell 2.28% or 1.47 points to trade at 63.09 at the close. Orange SA (EPA:) declined 0.71% or 0.08 points to end at 11.55 and Engie SA (EPA:) was down 0.40% or 0.05 points to 12.43.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:) which rose 7.99% to 26.09, Eramet SA (EPA:) which was up 5.12% to settle at 145.70 and Remy Cointreau (EPA:) which gained 4.92% to close at 179.20.

The worst performers were Valneva (EPA:) which was down 3.89% to 10.86 in late trade, Klepierre SA (EPA:) which lost 2.82% to settle at 20.70 and Gecina SA (EPA:) which was down 2.50% to 105.20 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 313 to 230 and 85 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 August delivery was up 1.25% or 23.05 to $1,871.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.44% or 1.66 to hit $116.92 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.30% or 1.51 to trade at $117.80 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.92% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.21% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.73% at 101.79.