Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.98% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.96%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which rose 3.62% or 3.21 points to trade at 91.84 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 2.95% or 0.83 points to end at 28.97 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 2.23% or 0.45 points to 20.61 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP), which lost 1.11% or 1.30 points to trade at 115.30 in late trade. Atos SE (PA:ATOS) declined 1.11% or 1.30 points to end at 115.50 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) shed 0.65% or 0.28 points to 41.74.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which rose 11.66% to 9.67, Trigano (PA:TRIA) which was up 6.30% to settle at 175.50 and Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which gained 5.64% to close at 14.05.
The worst performers were Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was down 1.38% to 93.050 in late trade, Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which lost 1.11% to settle at 115.50 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) which was down 1.11% to 115.30 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 352 to 215 and 106 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.63% to 11.87.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.09% or 1.10 to $1290.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.24% or 0.17 to hit $71.66 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.86% or 0.68 to trade at $79.96 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1805, while EUR/GBP fell 0.29% to 0.8729.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 93.32.