France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 up 2.29%

Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the General Retailers, Household Goods and General Financial sectors led shares higher while losses in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 2.29%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.52%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:SGOB), which rose 4.42% or 3.58 points to trade at 84.52 at the close. Meanwhile, Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS) added 4.35% or 83.00 points to end at 1,992.00 and Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI) was up 4.09% or 2.14 points to 54.48 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Engie SA (EPA:ENGIE), which fell 2.23% or 0.36 points to trade at 15.57 at the close. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW) declined 1.96% or 1.52 points to end at 76.12 and Orange SA (EPA:ORAN) was down 1.24% or 0.14 points to 10.78.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Beneteau SA (EPA:CHBE) which rose 11.14% to 9.08, Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which was up 8.10% to settle at 0.79 and Inter Parfums Inc. (EPA:IPAR) which gained 6.17% to close at 43.85.

The worst performers were Solutions 30 SE (EPA:S30) which was down 3.04% to 1.43 in late trade, Voltalia SA (EPA:VLTSA) which lost 2.55% to settle at 8.04 and Engie SA (EPA:ENGIE) which was down 2.23% to 15.57 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 298 to 182 and 101 ended unchanged.

Shares in Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:SGOB) rose to all time highs; rising 4.42% or 3.58 to 84.52.

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 0.62% or 16.00 to $2,614.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.20% or 1.54 to hit $71.42 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.94% or 1.43 to trade at $75.08 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.29% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.27% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 100.43.