Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.50%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB), which rose 1.53% or 0.74 points to trade at 49.12 at the close. Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) added 1.41% or 1.50 points to end at 107.90 and Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) was up 1.36% or 0.96 points to 71.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which lost 0.76% or 0.45 points to trade at 58.65 in late trade. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 0.30% or 0.06 points to end at 18.20 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) shed 0.28% or 0.30 points to 105.75.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which rose 5.60% to 10.84, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was up 3.30% to settle at 18.92 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which gained 2.67% to close at 23.110.
The worst performers were Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which was down 40.07% to 5.280 in late trade, Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which lost 1.71% to settle at 109.40 and Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was down 1.55% to 28.03 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 314 to 272 and 95 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.07% to 11.54.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.06% or 0.77 to $1291.43 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.59% or 0.34 to hit $58.36 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $63.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.1853, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8909.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 93.03.