French stocks were mixed at the close; The CAC 40 was down 0.01% by Investing.com

Investing.com – France stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher, while losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Paris, it lost 0.01%, while the index rose 0.51%.

The best performers of the session on the were Teleperformance SE (EPA: ), which rose 1.85% or 1.90 points to trade at 104.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Edenred SA (EPA: ) added 1.04% or 0.39 points to end at 37.99 and Danone SA (EPA: ) was up 0.90% or 0.54 points to trade at 60.86 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were ArcelorMittal SA (AS: ), which fell 1.10% or 0.23 points to trade at 20.63 at the close. Stellantis NV (EPA: ) declined 0.94% or 0.14 points to 14.75 and TotalEnergies SE (EPA: ) declined 0.82% or 0.51 points to 61.62.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Biomerieux SA (EPA: ) which rose 5.59% to 103.90, Europeans SAS (EPA: ) which rose 3.99% to settle at 4.54 and SCOR SE (EPA: ) which gained 3.19% to close at 19.09.

The worst performers were Eramet SA (EPA: ), which fell 3.12% to 71.45 in late trade, Voltalia SA (EPA: ) which lost 2.84% to settle at 8.20 and Atos SE (EPA: ) which fell 2.74% to 0.83 at the close.

Advancers outnumbered decliners on the Paris Stock Exchange by 247 to 218, with 116 ending unchanged.

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 fell 1.16 percent, or 29.55, to $2,517.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodity trading, crude for October delivery rose 1.79%, or 1.29, to $73.22 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.79% or 1.36, to 77.41 dollars per barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.32% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP was unchanged 0.35% to 0.85.

US dollar index futures rose 0.43% to 101.34.