Investing.com – France stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

The index rose 1.03% at the Paris close.

ArcelorMittal SA – (AS:) rose 5.07%, or 1.39 points, to trade at 28,81 at the closing. Stellantis (NV:) gained 3.25%, or 0.53 points, to close at 16.83. TotalEnergies SE was up 3.21% (or 1.39 points) to 44.67 late trade.

STMicroelectronics (NV:) was the worst performer of the session, falling 1.71% (0.73 points) to close at 41.90. WFD Unibail rodamco NV(AS:), fell 0.96% to 56.93, while Dassault Systemes SE was at 52.32 with a drop of 0.74% (or 0.39 points).

These were the top performers on SBF 120 Valneva (PA) rose 16.9%, to 25,980 Eramet SA (PA) was up 7.21 to settle at 73.50 and Sopra Steria Group SA, (PA) gained 5.14% at 153.50.

Electricite de France SA was the worst performer, falling 15.46% and 10.04 in late trading. Getlink SE was also down at PA:. It lost 1.99% and settled at 13.55. STMicroelectronics N (PA) was at 1.71%.

By 369 to 243 on the Paris Stock Exchange, rising stocks outnumbered falling ones. 79 was left unchanged.

The was unchanged at 0%, to 18.96, an all-time 52 week low.

The February delivery of Gold Futures was at $1798.45 per troy ounce, an increase of 1.92%. Other commodities traded included Crude oil, which rose 1.44 percent to reach $72.31/barrel in January. The February Brent oil contract increased 1.57% to trade at 75.04.

EUR/USD was 0.299% higher at 1.1318. EUR/GBP declined 0.1% to 0.8498.

US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.4% at 96.025.