Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.52%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (EPA:SAF), which rose 3.16% or 6.20 points to trade at 202.40 at the close. Legrand SA (EPA:LEGD) added 2.94% or 2.90 points to end at 101.60 and Schneider Electric SE (EPA:SCHN) was up 2.79% or 6.15 points to 226.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN), which lost 2.58% or 0.95 points to trade at 35.88 in late trade. Sanofi SA (EPA:SASY) declined 1.68% or 1.76 points to end at 102.80 and Vinci SA (EPA:SGEF) shed 1.64% or 1.80 points to 108.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ICADE (EPA:ICAD) which rose 5.21% to 24.64, Nexity (EPA:NEXI) which was up 4.68% to settle at 11.19 and Elior Group (EPA:ELIOR) which gained 4.05% to close at 3.65.
The worst performers were Clariane SE (EPA:CLARI) which was down 3.70% to 1.61 in late trade, Eiffage SA (EPA:FOUG) which lost 3.27% to settle at 92.40 and Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP) which was down 2.62% to 11.69 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 258 to 215 and 105 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 December delivery was up 1.49% or 38.00 to $2,580.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.09% or 2.08 to hit $69.39 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.61% or 1.84 to trade at $72.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.33% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 101.49.