Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.66%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which rose 5.17% or 2.12 points to trade at 43.03 at the close. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) added 2.61% or 0.55 points to end at 21.66 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was up 2.11% or 1.77 points to 85.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which lost 1.84% or 1.95 points to trade at 103.90 in late trade. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 0.56% or 0.080 points to end at 14.100 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 0.38% or 0.09 points to 22.42.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 6.35% to 22.780, Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which was up 5.71% to settle at 8.890 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) which gained 5.17% to close at 43.03.
The worst performers were Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was down 2.50% to 66.350 in late trade, Sodexo (PA:EXHO) which lost 1.84% to settle at 103.90 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which was down 1.11% to 209.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 379 to 224 and 85 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.14% to 13.81.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.28% or 3.55 to $1281.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.25% or 0.14 to hit $55.19 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.63% or 0.39 to trade at $61.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1776, while EUR/GBP fell 0.27% to 0.8928.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.76.