Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas Producers and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.47% to hit a new 3-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which rose 2.30% or 0.124 points to trade at 5.519 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 1.71% or 1.30 points to end at 77.30 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was up 1.32% or 1.15 points to 88.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which lost 3.14% or 3.02 points to trade at 93.07 in late trade. Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) declined 1.38% or 0.70 points to end at 50.11 and Airbus Group (PA:AIR) shed 1.28% or 0.74 points to 56.87.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 4.27% to 29.150, Zodiac Aerospace (PA:ZODC) which was up 2.70% to settle at 18.06 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 2.56% to close at 63.780.
The worst performers were Sodexo (PA:EXHO) which was down 3.14% to 93.07 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 2.39% to settle at 3.72 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was down 2.13% to 58.91 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 392 to 274 and 94 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.12% to 19.93.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 1.70% or 21.20 to $1227.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.12% or 0.05 to hit $41.81 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.29% or 0.13 to trade at $44.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1268, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.7957.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 94.86.