Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.14%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI), which rose 1.85% or 0.90 points to trade at 49.48 at the close. Renault SA (EPA:RENA) added 1.77% or 0.82 points to end at 47.08 and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW) was up 1.77% or 1.26 points to 72.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Credit Agricole SA (EPA:CAGR), which lost 0.92% or 0.12 points to trade at 12.91 in late trade. Kering SA (EPA:PRTP) declined 0.59% or 1.40 points to end at 234.20 and Societe Generale SA (EPA:SOGN) shed 0.49% or 0.13 points to 26.50.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Valneva (EPA:VLS) which rose 3.66% to 1.99, Wendel (EPA:MWDP) which was up 2.91% to settle at 93.80 and Imerys SA (EPA:IMTP) which gained 2.58% to close at 27.82.
The worst performers were Voltalia SA (EPA:VLTSA) which was down 2.85% to 6.82 in late trade, Elior Group (EPA:ELIOR) which lost 2.58% to settle at 2.64 and Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP) which was down 2.29% to 12.35 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Paris Stock Exchange.
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.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.51% or 13.51 to $2,649.01 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $70.00 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.09 to trade at $73.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.44% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 107.88.