Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.66%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which rose 2.96% or 2.16 points to trade at 75.23 at the close. Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) added 2.79% or 0.157 points to end at 5.793 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was up 2.07% or 1.72 points to 84.81 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Orange SA (PA:ORAN), which lost 0.70% or 0.11 points to trade at 15.53 in late trade. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 0.44% or 0.06 points to end at 13.53 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) shed 0.33% or 0.29 points to 87.88.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PA:GTT) which rose 4.87% to 36.85, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which was up 4.07% to settle at 48.63 and SES (PA:SESFd) which gained 4.06% to close at 22.91.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 1.92% to 4.500 in late trade, STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which lost 0.89% to settle at 14.555 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) which was down 0.70% to 15.53 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 417 to 195 and 92 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.37% to 13.41.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.66% or 8.34 to $1263.66 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.10% or 0.53 to hit $48.85 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.69% or 0.35 to trade at $51.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1210, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8700.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 97.16.