Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.49% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which rose 3.98% or 2.97 points to trade at 77.56 at the close. Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) added 2.16% or 1.03 points to end at 48.76 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 2.11% or 1.28 points to 61.84 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 3.15% or 0.715 points to trade at 21.985 in late trade. Orange SA (PA:ORAN) declined 2.24% or 0.32 points to end at 13.77 and Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) shed 1.81% or 1.90 points to 103.35.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) which rose 3.98% to 77.56, Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) which was up 3.93% to settle at 31.70 and Natixis (PA:CNAT) which gained 3.03% to close at 6.603.
The worst performers were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was down 3.15% to 21.985 in late trade, Ipsen (PA:IPN) which lost 2.68% to settle at 116.40 and Suez SA (PA:SEVI) which was down 2.48% to 15.120 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 302 to 280 and 96 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.73% to 10.68.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.44% or 18.90 to $1297.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.16% or 0.08 to hit $50.61 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $56.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1935, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8802.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 92.01.