Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Services and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.76% to hit a new 52-week high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which rose 2.65% or 2.75 points to trade at 106.60 at the close. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) added 2.62% or 2.85 points to end at 111.50 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was up 2.13% or 1.54 points to 73.73 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP), which lost 1.99% or 2.20 points to trade at 108.45 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) declined 1.33% or 0.108 points to end at 8.035 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 0.90% or 0.27 points to 29.23.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 5.15% to 41.630, Wendel (PA:MWDP) which was up 4.21% to settle at 117.60 and Biomerieux (PA:BIOX) which gained 3.93% to close at 154.55.
The worst performers were Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was down 3.82% to 50.40 in late trade, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which lost 3.01% to settle at 30.270 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) which was down 1.99% to 108.45 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 362 to 220 and 127 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.90% to 14.48.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.24% or 2.95 to $1246.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.42% or 0.20 to hit $47.84 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.02 to trade at $50.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.0783, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8611.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 99.55.