Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.07%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were AXA SA (PA:AXAF), which rose 2.49% or 0.46 points to trade at 18.97 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 1.84% or 0.157 points to end at 8.705 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) was up 1.51% or 0.53 points to 35.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which lost 1.22% or 0.85 points to trade at 68.97 in late trade. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) declined 1.04% or 0.14 points to end at 13.73 and Air Liquide SA (PA:AIRP) shed 0.92% or 0.90 points to 97.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Zodiac Aerospace (PA:ZODC) which rose 6.03% to 21.64, CNP Assurances (PA:CNPP) which was up 2.67% to settle at 14.395 and AXA SA (PA:AXAF) which gained 2.49% to close at 18.97.
The worst performers were Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which was down 6.56% to 30.750 in late trade, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which lost 3.23% to settle at 22.295 and Groupe Eurotunnel (PA:GETP) which was down 2.27% to 9.499 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 356 to 300 and 115 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.46% to 19.81.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.50% or 6.65 to $1319.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.33% or 0.58 to hit $44.16 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.12% or 0.97 to trade at $46.82 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1239, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8510.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 95.36.