© Reuters. France stocks mixed at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.24%
Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the gained 0.24% to hit a new 1-month high, while the index declined 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:), which rose 1.78% or 0.92 points to trade at 52.70 at the close. Meanwhile, TotalEnergies SE (EPA:) added 1.55% or 0.96 points to end at 62.81 and Sanofi SA (EPA:) was up 1.55% or 1.32 points to 86.24 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teleperformance SE (EPA:), which fell 1.07% or 1.40 points to trade at 130.05 at the close. Alstom SA (EPA:) declined 1.00% or 0.13 points to end at 12.33 and Worldline SA (EPA:) was down 0.91% or 0.13 points to 13.55.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Aperam SA (AS:) which rose 2.48% to 29.31, Euroapi SAS (EPA:) which was up 2.01% to settle at 5.47 and Gaztransport et Technigaz SA (EPA:) which gained 1.89% to close at 123.70.
The worst performers were Orpea SA (EPA:) which was down 9.47% to 0.30 in late trade, SES Imagotag (EPA:) which lost 6.89% to settle at 100.00 and Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:) which was down 4.56% to 3.81 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 265 to 248 and 95 ended unchanged.
Shares in Gaztransport et Technigaz SA (EPA:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.89% or 2.30 to 123.70. Shares in Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:) fell to all time lows; losing 4.56% or 0.18 to 3.81.
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 0.04% or 0.75 to $1,992.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.10% or 0.85 to hit $76.25 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.84% or 0.69 to trade at $81.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 103.64.