Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 1.07%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which rose 3.41% or 0.535 points to trade at 16.230 at the close. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 3.31% or 1.30 points to end at 40.57 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) was up 3.06% or 1.14 points to 38.26 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which lost 0.86% or 0.14 points to trade at 16.68 in late trade. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 0.63% or 0.32 points to end at 50.78 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) shed 0.60% or 0.45 points to 74.67.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which rose 8.78% to 93.55, Iliad (PA:ILD) which was up 5.14% to settle at 121.60 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which gained 4.86% to close at 1.079.
The worst performers were Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was down 4.12% to 36.76 in late trade, Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST) which lost 2.69% to settle at 126.40 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was down 2.56% to 9.330 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 288 to 281 and 99 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.97% to 12.28 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.30 to $1209.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.42% or 0.30 to hit $70.47 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.79% or 0.63 to trade at $78.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.69% to 1.1753, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8879.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 93.65.