Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.66% to hit a new 6-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which rose 6.51% or 5.48 points to trade at 89.60 at the close. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) added 4.61% or 15.20 points to end at 344.95 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 3.35% or 0.95 points to 29.29 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which lost 1.69% or 0.23 points to trade at 13.38 in late trade. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) declined 1.05% or 0.82 points to end at 77.14 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) shed 0.95% or 2.30 points to 240.20.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Atos SE (PA:ATOS) which rose 6.51% to 89.60, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was up 5.60% to settle at 55.600 and Faurecia (PA:EPED) which gained 5.08% to close at 44.44.
The worst performers were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 2.56% to 1.753 in late trade, BIC (PA:BICP) which lost 2.03% to settle at 77.25 and Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which was down 1.74% to 22.60 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 343 to 216 and 108 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 12.90% to 12.65 a new 6-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.40% or 18.35 to $1295.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.38% or 0.89 to hit $63.72 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.06% or 0.76 to trade at $70.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.1255, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8619.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 96.808.