Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.00% to hit a new 3-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which rose 3.61% or 1.14 points to trade at 32.71 at the close. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) added 1.73% or 0.335 points to end at 19.755 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) was up 1.38% or 0.92 points to 67.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 6.85% or 1.48 points to trade at 20.14 in late trade. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) declined 3.69% or 1.48 points to end at 38.58 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) shed 2.28% or 0.97 points to 41.59.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 24.18% to 2.152, Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was up 7.01% to settle at 70.250 and Wendel (PA:MWDP) which gained 6.54% to close at 110.80.
The worst performers were Eramet SA (PA:ERMT) which was down 16.32% to 51.80 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which lost 6.85% to settle at 20.14 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which was down 5.78% to 87.70 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 296 to 285 and 81 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.75% to 14.34.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.42% or 19.15 to $1328.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.58% or 0.33 to hit $56.83 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.37% or 0.25 to trade at $66.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1332, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8690.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 96.498.