Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.72%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA:RENA), which rose 5.79% or 5.39 points to trade at 98.50 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 4.13% or 1.020 points to end at 25.700 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 3.38% or 0.64 points to 19.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which lost 15.69% or 15.24 points to trade at 81.90 in late trade. Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) declined 0.47% or 0.30 points to end at 63.70 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) shed 0.39% or 0.17 points to 43.85.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Renault SA (PA:RENA) which rose 5.79% to 98.50, Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was up 4.49% to settle at 111.80 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which gained 4.13% to close at 25.700.
The worst performers were Sodexo (PA:EXHO) which was down 15.69% to 81.90 in late trade, SES (PA:SESFd) which lost 4.60% to settle at 10.98 and Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which was down 2.51% to 12.020 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 303 to 246 and 105 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 11.76% to 15.99.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.06% or 0.80 to $1323.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.45% or 0.29 to hit $64.67 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.38% or 0.26 to trade at $69.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.2297, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8764.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 89.76.