Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.97%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 5.44% or 1.11 points to trade at 21.52 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 2.85% or 0.705 points to end at 25.430 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was up 2.85% or 2.95 points to 106.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which lost 2.98% or 0.41 points to trade at 13.19 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 0.75% or 0.20 points to end at 26.42 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) shed 0.61% or 0.23 points to 36.90.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which rose 5.44% to 21.52, SES (PA:SESFd) which was up 5.21% to settle at 17.05 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which gained 4.02% to close at 9.440.
The worst performers were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which was down 2.98% to 13.19 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 2.37% to settle at 5.198 and Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was down 2.32% to 33.66 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 316 to 247 and 105 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.67% to 12.37.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.23% or 2.90 to $1247.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.21% or 0.85 to hit $69.53 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $73.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1682, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8836.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.49.