France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.21%

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 0.21%, while the index added 0.22%.

The best performers of the session on the were Dassault Systemes SE (PA:), which rose 1.84% or 2.65 points to trade at 146.50 at the close. Meanwhile, L’Oreal SA (PA:) added 1.17% or 3.00 points to end at 258.90 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:) was up 1.16% or 0.21 points to 18.24 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Bouygues SA (PA:), which fell 1.60% or 0.62 points to trade at 38.02 at the close. EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:) declined 0.93% or 1.30 points to end at 138.40 and Hermes International SCA (PA:) was down 0.72% or 4.80 points to 664.80.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:) which rose 8.36% to 16.600, Ipsen SA (PA:) which was up 4.50% to settle at 80.10 and DBV Technologies (PA:) which gained 4.29% to close at 16.520.

The worst performers were Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:) which was down 2.17% to 139.90 in late trade, Rubis SCA (PA:) which lost 1.71% to settle at 54.55 and Nexity (PA:) which was down 1.70% to 43.92 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 296 to 266 and 105 ended unchanged.

Shares in Dassault Systemes SE (PA:) rose to all time highs; up 1.84% or 2.65 to 146.50.

The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 6.65% to 12.24.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.36% or 5.25 to $1483.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.39% or 0.24 to hit $61.09 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.38% or 0.25 to trade at $66.42 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1125, while EUR/GBP rose 0.44% to 0.8532.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 96.915.

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