Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.18%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Orange SA (PA:ORAN), which rose 2.32% or 0.33 points to trade at 14.57 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 1.88% or 0.260 points to end at 14.125 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was up 1.26% or 0.54 points to 42.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which lost 2.91% or 0.53 points to trade at 17.68 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 1.20% or 0.28 points to end at 23.04 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) shed 0.97% or 0.44 points to 44.81.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which rose 3.91% to 13.43, Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which was up 3.31% to settle at 10.61 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) which gained 2.32% to close at 14.57.
The worst performers were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which was down 2.91% to 17.68 in late trade, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which lost 2.12% to settle at 16.64 and Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which was down 1.89% to 4.660 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 329 to 269 and 91 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 8.20% to 11.53.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.90% or 11.40 to $1254.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.16% or 0.65 to hit $56.61 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.39% or 0.85 to trade at $62.07 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1791, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8780.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.63.