Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.58%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which rose 2.03% or 4.90 points to trade at 246.40 at the close. Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) added 1.74% or 3.80 points to end at 222.80 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 1.60% or 0.50 points to 31.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which lost 1.71% or 0.32 points to trade at 18.16 in late trade. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) declined 0.83% or 0.46 points to end at 54.95 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) shed 0.78% or 0.061 points to 7.790.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Mercialys (PA:MERY) which rose 2.23% to 17.89, Kering SA (PA:PRTP) which was up 2.03% to settle at 246.40 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which gained 1.99% to close at 7.87.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 2.27% to 62.880 in late trade, Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which lost 2.25% to settle at 11.300 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which was down 1.71% to 18.16 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 307 to 301 and 86 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.13% to 19.61 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.48% or 5.95 to $1254.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.09% or 0.56 to hit $51.71 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.01% or 0.55 to trade at $54.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.11% to 1.0652, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8534.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 100.56.