Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials , Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.27%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (EPA: STMPA ), which rose 5.27% or 1.01 points to trade at 20.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Renault SA (EPA: RENA ) added 4.38% or 1.97 points to end at 46.92 and Bureau Veritas SA (EPA: BVI ) was up 3.76% or 1.02 points to 28.18 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dassault Systemes SE (EPA: DAST ), which fell 5.11% or 1.73 points to trade at 32.13 at the close. Thales (EPA: TCFP ) declined 3.79% or 9.50 points to end at 241.30 and BNP Paribas SA (EPA: BNPP ) was down 2.15% or 1.59 points to 72.23.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were X Fab Silicon Foundries EV (EPA: XFAB ) which rose 13.20% to 4.78, ID Logistics SAS (EPA: IDLA ) which was up 5.48% to settle at 385.00 and STMicroelectronics NV (EPA: STMPA ) which gained 5.27% to close at 20.24.
The worst performers were Worldline SA (EPA: WLN ) which was down 11.43% to 5.05 in late trade, BIC (EPA: BICP ) which lost 5.26% to settle at 54.00 and Dassault Systemes SE (EPA: DAST ) which was down 5.11% to 32.13 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 268 to 197 and 96 ended unchanged.
Shares in Worldline SA (EPA: WLN ) fell to all time lows; losing 11.43% or 0.65 to 5.05. Shares in BIC (EPA: BICP ) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.26% or 3.00 to 54.00.
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 June delivery was up 1.47% or 48.36 to $3,342.46 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $62.27 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.06 to trade at $66.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.44% to 1.14, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 99.26.