Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.50% to hit a new 3-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI), which rose 1.98% or 2.50 points to trade at 129.00 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 1.88% or 1.42 points to end at 76.91 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) was up 1.73% or 2.40 points to 140.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which lost 2.23% or 2.40 points to trade at 105.25 in late trade. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) declined 1.79% or 0.290 points to end at 15.895 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 1.63% or 0.45 points to 27.12.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PA:GTT) which rose 4.61% to 63.50, SES (PA:SESFd) which was up 3.72% to settle at 18.68 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which gained 3.54% to close at 116.95.
The worst performers were Trigano (PA:TRIA) which was down 14.69% to 96.15 in late trade, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which lost 9.82% to settle at 61.550 and Orpea (PA:ORP) which was down 3.07% to 110.60 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 286 to 279 and 97 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 12.31.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.97% or 11.60 to $1187.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.64% or 0.46 to hit $72.03 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.40 to trade at $81.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.53% to 1.1678, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8912.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 94.39.