Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Gas & Water and Leisure Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.08%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PARIS:VIE), which rose 3.22% or 0.640 points to trade at 20.500 at the close. Cap Gemini SA (PARIS:CAPP) added 1.17% or 1.04 points to end at 89.83 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AMS:UNBP) was up 0.95% or 2.30 points to 243.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Publicis Groupe SA (PARIS:PUBP), which lost 2.65% or 1.91 points to trade at 70.21 in late trade. Valeo SA (PARIS:VLOF) declined 1.57% or 2.05 points to end at 128.30 and Technip (PARIS:TECF) shed 1.52% or 0.77 points to 49.75.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technicolor (PARIS:TCH) which rose 17.26% to 7.188, STMicroelectronics (PARIS:STM) which was up 7.74% to settle at 7.332 and Plastic Omnium (PARIS:PLOF) which gained 7.55% to close at 25.93.
The worst performers were Ipsos (PARIS:ISOS) which was down 8.16% to 22.24 in late trade, Solocal Group (PARIS:LOCAL) which lost 4.55% to settle at 0.420 and ICADE (PARIS:ICAD) which was down 2.91% to 67.01 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 424 to 395 and 53 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.55% to 16.60 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was up 0.36% or 3.90 to $1095.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.77% or 0.38 to hit $48.81 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.17 to trade at $55.95 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.59% to 1.0993, while EUR/GBP rose 1.25% to 0.7086.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.37% at 97.26.