Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.48%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which rose 3.96% or 2.31 points to trade at 60.65 at the close. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) added 3.89% or 0.69 points to end at 18.29 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) was up 3.33% or 2.33 points to 72.27 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Solvay SA (BR:SOLB), which lost 0.53% or 0.60 points to trade at 112.50 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 0.53% or 0.16 points to end at 30.11 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) shed 0.47% or 1.05 points to 220.90.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Biomerieux (PA:BIOX) which rose 7.86% to 172.25, BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) which was up 3.96% to settle at 60.65 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which gained 3.89% to close at 18.29.
The worst performers were Vicat (PA:VCTP) which was down 3.20% to 62.34 in late trade, Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which lost 1.81% to settle at 91.28 and Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 1.62% to 37.650 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 375 to 236 and 93 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.23% to 27.60.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.19% or 2.40 to $1281.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $50.85 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.14 to trade at $53.07 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.0749, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8384.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 99.54.