France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.97%

Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services , Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.97%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.96%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA: VIV ), which rose 5.44% or 1.11 points to trade at 21.52 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS: MT ) added 2.85% or 0.705 points to end at 25.430 and Safran SA (PA: SAF ) was up 2.85% or 2.95 points to 106.50 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Carrefour SA (PA: CARR ), which lost 2.98% or 0.41 points to trade at 13.19 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA: FTI ) declined 0.75% or 0.20 points to end at 26.42 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA: SGOB ) shed 0.61% or 0.23 points to 36.90.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vivendi SA (PA: VIV ) which rose 5.44% to 21.52, SES (PA: SESFd ) which was up 5.21% to settle at 17.05 and Television Francaise 1 SA (PA: TFFP ) which gained 4.02% to close at 9.440.

The worst performers were Carrefour SA (PA: CARR ) which was down 2.98% to 13.19 in late trade, Vallourec (PA: VLLP ) which lost 2.37% to settle at 5.198 and Casino Guichard (PA: CASP ) which was down 2.32% to 33.66 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 316 to 247 and 105 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.67% to 12.37.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.23% or 2.90 to $1247.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.21% or 0.85 to hit $69.53 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $73.44 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1682, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8836.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.49.