Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.46%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which rose 5.04% or 5.35 points to trade at 111.50 at the close. EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) added 3.57% or 3.85 points to end at 111.65 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 2.49% or 0.62 points to 25.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which lost 2.00% or 0.34 points to trade at 16.41 in late trade. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 1.89% or 2.98 points to end at 154.66 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) shed 1.34% or 0.255 points to 18.740.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 11.22% to 56.500, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was up 5.21% to settle at 70.640 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) which gained 5.04% to close at 111.50.
The worst performers were Solocal Group SA (PA:LOCAL) which was down 6.06% to 0.620 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 3.91% to settle at 2.137 and Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was down 3.51% to 60.450 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 329 to 232 and 97 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.32% to 19.55.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.06% or 0.70 to $1230.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 3.00% or 1.51 to hit $51.80 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 2.10% or 1.24 to trade at $60.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.1372, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.8903.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 96.808.