Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the CAC Utilities, CAC Oil & Gas and CAC Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.18%, while the SBF 120 index added 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group SE (EPA:AIR), which rose 3.46% or 5.36 points to trade at 160.14 at the close. TotalEnergies SE (EPA:TTEF) added 2.19% or 1.15 points to end at 53.73 and Engie SA (EPA:ENGIE) was up 1.40% or 0.22 points to 15.53 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics NV (EPA:STMPA), which fell 2.00% or 0.49 points to trade at 23.79 in late trade. Edenred SA (EPA:EDEN) declined 1.86% or 0.59 points to end at 31.16 and Dassault Systemes SE (EPA:DAST) down 1.19% or 0.40 points to 33.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Viridien SA (EPA:VIRI) which rose 10.14% to 56.03, Valneva (EPA:VLS) which was up 6.75% to settle at 2.31 and Gaztransport et Technigaz SA (EPA:GTT) which gained 4.59% to close at 134.50.
The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which was unchanged 3.85% to 0.00 in late trade, Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) which lost 2.73% to settle at 2.21 and Arkema SA (EPA:AKE) which was down 2.65% to 71.60 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 332 to 173 and 80 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
Shares in Eutelsat Communications SA (EPA:ETL) fell to all time lows; falling 2.73% or 0.06 to 2.21.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.20% or 31.59 to $2,672.59 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.57% or 1.84 to hit $73.56 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 2.26% or 1.69 to trade at $76.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.87% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.27% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.76% at 109.12.