PARIS: France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.42%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 3.09% or 0.52 points to trade at 17.34 at the close. Meanwhile, Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 2.74% or 0.330 points to end at 12.395 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was up 2.43% or 1.44 points to 60.79 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which fell 4.03% or 0.92 points to trade at 21.80 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 2.23% or 0.67 points to end at 29.34 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) was down 1.50% or 1.60 points to 105.05.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Lagardere S.C.A. (PA:LAGA) which rose 10.25% to 26.84, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 4.25% to settle at 7.481 and Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which gained 3.79% to close at 56.35.
The worst performers were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which was down 4.03% to 21.80 in late trade, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which lost 3.94% to settle at 6.8200 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 3.62% to 5.457 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 316 to 295 and 95 ended unchanged.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.0583, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8700.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 101.92.
