France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.32% 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 1.32%, while the index climbed 1.33%.

The best performers of the session on the were Kering SA (EPA:), which rose 3.97% or 8.45 points to trade at 221.15 at the close. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal SA (AS:) added 3.93% or 0.89 points to end at 23.51 and Vivendi SA (EPA:) was up 2.90% or 0.26 points to 9.15 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Thales (EPA:), which fell 1.85% or 2.90 points to trade at 153.60 at the close. Teleperformance SE (EPA:) declined 0.69% or 0.62 points to end at 89.82 and Safran SA (EPA:) was down 0.23% or 0.50 points to 218.50.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Alstom SA (EPA:) which rose 11.55% to 21.92, SCOR SE (EPA:) which was up 9.67% to settle at 22.46 and Derichebourg (EPA:) which gained 6.56% to close at 5.00.

The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:) which was down 36.43% to 0.19 in late trade, Emeis SA (EPA:) which lost 6.62% to settle at 5.84 and Euroapi SAS (EPA:) which was down 2.98% to 3.52 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 275 to 204 and 101 ended unchanged.

Shares in Alstom SA (EPA:) rose to 52-week highs; up 11.55% or 2.27 to 21.92.

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 0.29% or 7.40 to $2,579.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.19% or 0.13 to hit $68.56 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.25% or 0.18 to trade at $72.46 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 106.48.