Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.42%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN), which rose 4.71% or 2.08 points to trade at 46.22 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA) added 2.47% or 1.00 points to end at 41.22 and Thales (EPA:TCFP) was up 1.81% or 3.05 points to 171.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI), which lost 1.55% or 0.86 points to trade at 54.80 in late trade. Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE (EPA:URW) declined 0.82% or 0.66 points to end at 80.16 and Renault SA (EPA:RENA) shed 0.57% or 0.30 points to 51.92.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which rose 6.42% to 1.16, Eramet SA (EPA:ERMT) which was up 4.79% to settle at 109.30 and Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN) which gained 4.71% to close at 46.22.
The worst performers were Clariane SE (EPA:CLARI) which was down 6.13% to 3.37 in late trade, Nexity (EPA:NEXI) which lost 4.81% to settle at 12.06 and Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) which was down 3.84% to 4.26 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 283 to 215 and 102 ended unchanged 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 August delivery was up 0.76% or 18.15 to $2,393.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.00% or 1.48 to hit $75.55 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.85% or 1.45 to trade at $79.86 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 104.21.