Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.21% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which rose 7.37% or 4.14 points to trade at 60.28 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) added 3.40% or 0.71 points to end at 21.61 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) was up 1.81% or 1.32 points to 74.18 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which lost 3.28% or 0.605 points to trade at 17.830 in late trade. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) declined 1.98% or 5.60 points to end at 277.20 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) shed 1.29% or 5.60 points to 429.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 17.11% to 72.900, Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) which was up 7.37% to settle at 60.28 and SES (PA:SESFd) which gained 5.42% to close at 12.94.
The worst performers were Biomerieux SA (PA:BIOX) which was down 5.19% to 65.80 in late trade, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which lost 3.28% to settle at 17.830 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 2.08% to 155.40 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 309 to 241 and 95 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.11% to 11.86.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.49% or 6.60 to $1346.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.47% or 0.32 to hit $68.79 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.71 to trade at $74.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.2341, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8693.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 89.57.