France stocks higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 1.06%

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 1.06% to hit a new 5-year high, while the index gained 1.07%.

The best performers of the session on the were STMicroelectronics (MI:), which rose 3.30% or 0.790 points to trade at 24.760 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group SE (PA:) added 2.33% or 3.04 points to end at 133.52 and Kering SA (PA:) was up 2.19% or 12.80 points to 598.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Renault SA (PA:), which fell 0.66% or 0.28 points to trade at 41.90 at the close. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:) declined 0.60% or 0.65 points to end at 108.45 and Sodexo SA (PA:) was down 0.05% or 0.05 points to 105.60.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Europcar Groupe SA (PA:) which rose 5.63% to 4.58, Genfit (PA:) which was up 4.82% to settle at 18.500 and Soitec SA (PA:) which gained 3.95% to close at 97.400.

The worst performers were Coface (PA:) which was down 1.55% to 10.80 in late trade, Renault SA (PA:) which lost 0.66% to settle at 41.90 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:) which was down 0.60% to 108.45 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 419 to 158 and 86 ended unchanged.

Shares in STMicroelectronics (MI:) rose to 5-year highs; up 3.30% or 0.790 to 24.760. Shares in Kering SA (PA:) rose to all time highs; rising 2.19% or 12.80 to 598.00.

The , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 10.22% to 12.41.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.30% or 4.55 to $1527.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.29% or 0.18 to hit $60.88 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $65.97 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.1170, while EUR/GBP rose 0.56% to 0.8504.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 96.515.

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