Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.01%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP), which rose 2.70% or 2.90 points to trade at 110.25 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 2.30% or 0.336 points to end at 14.928 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 2.09% or 0.41 points to 20.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN), which lost 1.67% or 0.36 points to trade at 21.48 in late trade. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 1.50% or 0.20 points to end at 12.81 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) shed 1.15% or 0.29 points to 24.89.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which rose 4.59% to 9.345, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was up 4.41% to settle at 91.200 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) which gained 2.70% to close at 110.25.
The worst performers were Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which was down 2.24% to 113.60 in late trade, Compagnie Plastic Omnium SA (PA:PLOF) which lost 2.01% to settle at 21.41 and Getlink SE (PA:GETP) which was down 1.99% to 13.780 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 286 to 275 and 98 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.47% to 14.19.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.49% or 6.55 to $1343.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.13% or 1.09 to hit $52.23 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.92% or 1.15 to trade at $61.12 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.1276, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8894.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 97.032.