Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.51% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF), which rose 2.97% or 2.46 points to trade at 85.24 at the close. Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI) added 2.59% or 1.25 points to end at 49.45 and Safran SA (EPA:SAF) was up 2.04% or 4.40 points to 220.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Renault SA (EPA:RENA), which lost 2.84% or 1.34 points to trade at 45.81 in late trade. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (EPA:MICP) declined 1.55% or 0.49 points to end at 31.04 and Airbus Group SE (EPA:AIR) shed 1.26% or 2.00 points to 156.58.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nexity (EPA:NEXI) which rose 3.37% to 12.89, X Fab Silicon Foundries EV (EPA:XFAB) which was up 3.35% to settle at 5.12 and Vusiongroup SA (EPA:VU) which gained 3.35% to close at 173.00.
The worst performers were Valneva (EPA:VLS) which was down 5.96% to 2.12 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (EPA:AIRF) which lost 5.78% to settle at 7.24 and Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which was unchanged 4.76% to 0.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 246 to 242 and 88 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 February delivery was up 0.42% or 11.21 to $2,683.61 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.05% or 0.77 to hit $74.09 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 0.87 to trade at $77.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.28% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 109.00.