Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.29% to hit a new 3-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 5.37% or 1.31 points to trade at 25.70 at the close. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 2.53% or 0.45 points to end at 18.00 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was up 1.93% or 0.85 points to 45.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which lost 4.68% or 0.65 points to trade at 13.25 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 2.32% or 0.46 points to end at 19.36 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) shed 2.11% or 0.310 points to 14.370.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Altran Technologies SA (PA:ALTT) which rose 7.56% to 9.320, SEB SA (PA:SEBF) which was up 7.53% to settle at 151.40 and Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which gained 6.42% to close at 23.20.
The worst performers were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) which was down 4.68% to 13.25 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 3.38% to settle at 10.855 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 2.92% to 0.966 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 310 to 258 and 98 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.39% to 13.65.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.42% or 5.55 to $1315.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.51% or 0.29 to hit $57.23 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.11 to trade at $66.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.11% to 1.1381, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8577.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 96.047.