Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the CAC Consumer Goods, CAC Oil & Gas and CAC Health Care sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 2.14% to hit a new 3-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 1.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH), which rose 9.15% or 58.30 points to trade at 695.50 at the close. Kering SA (EPA:PRTP) added 6.18% or 13.80 points to end at 237.05 and Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS) was up 4.91% or 116.00 points to 2,480.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR), which fell 1.13% or 0.16 points to trade at 14.04 in late trade. Stellantis NV (EPA:STLAM) declined 0.94% or 0.12 points to end at 12.21 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (EPA:SGOB) down 0.93% or 0.80 points to 85.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (EPA:LVMH) which rose 9.15% to 695.50, Kering SA (EPA:PRTP) which was up 6.18% to settle at 237.05 and Clariane SE (EPA:CLARI) which gained 5.98% to close at 2.04.
The worst performers were Ubisoft Entertainment (EPA:UBIP) which was down 5.06% to 11.55 in late trade, Opmobility SE (EPA:OPM) which lost 4.18% to settle at 10.55 and Forvia (EPA:FRVIA) which was down 3.83% to 9.44 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 230 to 226 and 126 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
Shares in Hermes International SCA (EPA:HRMS) rose to all time highs; up 4.91% or 116.00 to 2,480.00.
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 1.36% or 36.89 to $2,754.69 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.47% or 1.16 to hit $77.55 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.33% or 1.09 to trade at $80.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 108.80.