Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.42%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 3.09% or 0.52 points to trade at 17.34 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 2.74% or 0.330 points to end at 12.395 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was up 2.43% or 1.44 points to 60.79 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which lost 4.03% or 0.92 points to trade at 21.80 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 2.23% or 0.67 points to end at 29.34 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) shed 1.50% or 1.60 points to 105.05.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Lagardere S.C.A. (PA:LAGA) which rose 10.25% to 26.84, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 4.25% to settle at 7.481 and Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which gained 3.79% to close at 56.35.
The worst performers were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which was down 4.03% to 21.80 in late trade, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which lost 3.94% to settle at 6.8200 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 3.62% to 5.457 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 316 to 295 and 95 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 97.10% to 0.43 a new all time low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.46% or 5.55 to $1203.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.68% or 1.35 to hit $48.93 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.54% or 1.35 to trade at $51.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.0583, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8700.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 101.92.