Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.74% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which rose 4.66% or 4.22 points to trade at 94.74 at the close. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 2.99% or 0.49 points to end at 17.06 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was up 2.16% or 0.415 points to 19.595 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB), which lost 1.43% or 0.62 points to trade at 42.81 in late trade. Atos SE (PA:ATOS) declined 0.94% or 1.05 points to end at 110.20 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) shed 0.75% or 0.70 points to 92.06.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which rose 5.99% to 28.320, Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was up 5.07% to settle at 24.44 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) which gained 4.66% to close at 94.74.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 9.32% to 1.226 in late trade, Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which lost 2.93% to settle at 40.35 and Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was down 1.95% to 17.56 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 355 to 187 and 91 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.88% to 12.50.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.33% or 4.30 to $1318.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $68.00 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.57% or 0.42 to trade at $74.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.2117, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8701.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 91.29.