Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.17% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vinci SA (PA:SGEF), which rose 2.91% or 1.97 points to trade at 69.68 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) added 2.31% or 2.40 points to end at 106.10 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) was up 2.17% or 0.30 points to 14.12 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP), which lost 0.39% or 0.34 points to trade at 86.05 in late trade. Klepierre (PA:LOIM) declined 0.38% or 0.17 points to end at 42.87 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) shed 0.23% or 0.013 points to 5.682.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eiffage (PA:FOUG) which rose 3.91% to 71.14, Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) which was up 2.91% to settle at 69.68 and Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which gained 2.87% to close at 20.79.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 0.99% to 60.100 in late trade, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which lost 0.96% to settle at 24.140 and Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which was down 0.94% to 64.49 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 434 to 211 and 113 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.04% to 16.88 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.01% or 0.15 to $1351.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 4.82% or 2.01 to hit $43.72 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 4.77% or 2.10 to trade at $46.15 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1157, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8608.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 95.71.