– France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials , Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.21%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.15%.

The best performers of the session on the CAC 40 were Schneider Electric SE (EPA: SCHN ), which rose 1.39% or 3.30 points to trade at 240.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Airbus Group SE (EPA: AIR ) added 1.20% or 1.66 points to end at 139.50 and Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA: EUFI ) was up 1.09% or 0.50 points to 46.36 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Kering SA (EPA: PRTP ), which fell 3.02% or 6.50 points to trade at 208.45 at the close. Bouygues SA (EPA: BOUY ) declined 1.17% or 0.34 points to end at 28.65 and Vivendi SA (EPA: VIV ) was down 1.05% or 0.09 points to 8.64.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (EPA: SOIT ) which rose 7.48% to 68.25, Nexity (EPA: NEXI ) which was up 2.13% to settle at 12.45 and Dassault Aviation SA (EPA: AM ) which gained 1.43% to close at 198.40.

The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA: ATOS ) which was down 18.91% to 0.16 in late trade, Elior Group (EPA: ELIOR ) which lost 11.75% to settle at 2.75 and Emeis SA (EPA: EMEIS ) which was down 6.89% to 5.21 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Paris Stock Exchange by 299 to 173 and 106 ended unchanged.

Shares in Kering SA (EPA: PRTP ) fell to 5-year lows; down 3.02% or 6.50 to 208.45. Shares in Bouygues SA (EPA: BOUY ) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.17% or 0.34 to 28.65. Shares in Vivendi SA (EPA: VIV ) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.05% or 0.09 to 8.64.

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 0.48% or 12.70 to $2,664.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.37% or 0.94 to hit $69.69 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.26% or 0.92 to trade at $73.73 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.75% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 107.10.