France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.52%

Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Oil&Gas and Financials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.52%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.18%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (EPA:SAF), which rose 3.16% or 6.20 points to trade at 202.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Legrand SA (EPA:LEGD) added 2.94% or 2.90 points to end at 101.60 and Schneider Electric SE (EPA:SCHN) was up 2.79% or 6.15 points to 226.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN), which fell 2.58% or 0.95 points to trade at 35.88 at the close. Sanofi SA (EPA:SASY) declined 1.68% or 1.76 points to end at 102.80 and Vinci SA (EPA:SGEF) was down 1.64% or 1.80 points to 108.10.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were ICADE (EPA:ICAD) which rose 5.21% to 24.64, Nexity (EPA:NEXI) which was up 4.68% to settle at 11.19 and Elior Group (EPA:ELIOR) which gained 4.05% to close at 3.65.

The worst performers were Clariane SE (EPA:CLARI) which was down 3.70% to 1.61 in late trade, Eiffage SA (EPA:FOUG) which lost 3.27% to settle at 92.40 and Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP) which was down 2.62% to 11.69 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 258 to 215 and 105 ended unchanged.

Shares in Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP) fell to 5-year lows; falling 2.62% or 0.32 to 11.69.

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 December delivery was up 1.50% or 38.10 to $2,580.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.12% or 2.10 to hit $69.41 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.61% or 1.84 to trade at $72.45 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.33% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 101.49.