Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.36% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Total SA (PA:TOTF), which rose 2.04% or 0.96 points to trade at 47.98 at the close. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 1.72% or 0.46 points to end at 27.27 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was up 1.55% or 1.16 points to 75.82 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN), which lost 3.72% or 1.05 points to trade at 27.14 in late trade. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) declined 3.20% or 1.35 points to end at 40.97 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) shed 2.00% or 0.203 points to 9.959.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which rose 4.39% to 43.01, Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was up 3.14% to settle at 60.85 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which gained 3.13% to close at 46.820.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 8.05% to 1.570 in late trade, Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) which lost 3.72% to settle at 27.14 and Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which was down 3.24% to 20.28 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 322 to 258 and 91 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.48% to 14.98.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.75% or 9.85 to $1325.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.05% or 0.57 to hit $54.80 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.37% or 0.23 to trade at $61.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.1444, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.8716.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 95.295.