Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Leisure Goods, Industrial Transportation and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.18% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Publicis Groupe SA (PARIS:PUBP), which rose 2.33% or 1.46 points to trade at 64.25 at the close. Solvay SA (BRU:SOLB) added 1.78% or 1.73 points to end at 98.99 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PARIS:MICP) was up 1.39% or 1.19 points to 86.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Veolia Environnement VE SA (PARIS:VIE), which lost 1.36% or 0.280 points to trade at 20.245 in late trade. Societe Generale (PARIS:SOGN) declined 1.30% or 0.55 points to end at 41.33 and Schneider Electric SE (PARIS:SCHN) shed 1.13% or 0.59 points to 51.63.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eutelsat Communications (PARIS:ETL) which rose 4.52% to 29.70, CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which was up 4.44% to settle at 4.00 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PARIS:UBIP) which gained 4.42% to close at 21.010.
The worst performers were Nexity (PARIS:NEXI) which was down 5.87% to 37.16 in late trade, Elis Services SA (PARIS:ELIS) which lost 2.81% to settle at 13.50 and Technicolor (PARIS:TCH) which was down 2.09% to 6.317 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 423 to 304 and 46 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 8.03% to 23.06 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.50% or 5.80 to $1142.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.39% or 1.62 to hit $49.43 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 3.42% or 1.75 to trade at $53.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.1283, while EUR/GBP rose 0.37% to 0.7363.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 95.38.