Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.11%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which rose 9.94% or 8.37 points to trade at 92.54 at the close. Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) added 3.41% or 2.36 points to end at 71.60 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was up 3.19% or 0.60 points to 19.23 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which lost 1.50% or 0.295 points to trade at 19.370 in late trade. Danone SA (PA:DANO) declined 1.18% or 0.76 points to end at 63.50 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) shed 0.93% or 1.75 points to 185.55.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) which rose 9.94% to 92.54, Imerys (PA:IMTP) which was up 5.70% to settle at 83.50 and Ipsen (PA:IPN) which gained 5.36% to close at 115.05.
The worst performers were Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was down 4.50% to 29.30 in late trade, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which lost 2.92% to settle at 10.13 and Suez SA (PA:SEVI) which was down 2.30% to 10.840 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 383 to 194 and 92 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.11% to 17.80.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.40% or 5.40 to $1352.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.26% or 0.16 to hit $60.76 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.59% or 0.38 to trade at $63.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.2462, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8883.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 88.84.