Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.00% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which rose 4.50% or 4.72 points to trade at 109.62 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 4.12% or 1.06 points to end at 26.78 and Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) was up 2.46% or 3.05 points to 127.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which lost 4.69% or 2.21 points to trade at 44.91 in late trade. Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) declined 1.77% or 1.24 points to end at 68.74 and Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) shed 1.48% or 8.20 points to 546.80.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which rose 12.68% to 20.26, Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was up 7.41% to settle at 24.36 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which gained 6.76% to close at 9.00.
The worst performers were Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was down 8.86% to 32.21 in late trade, Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which lost 5.74% to settle at 27.60 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 5.26% to 86.50 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 302 to 255 and 85 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.35% to 12.21.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.45% or 5.50 to $1226.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.65% or 0.45 to hit $69.75 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.81% or 0.60 to trade at $74.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.1665, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8885.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 94.40.