France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.72%

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

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.72%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.58%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Renault SA (PA: RENA ), which rose 5.79% or 5.39 points to trade at 98.50 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS: MT ) added 4.13% or 1.020 points to end at 25.700 and Peugeot SA (PA: PEUP ) was up 3.38% or 0.64 points to 19.55 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Sodexo (PA: EXHO ), which lost 15.69% or 15.24 points to trade at 81.90 in late trade. Legrand SA (PA: LEGD ) declined 0.47% or 0.30 points to end at 63.70 and Accor SA (PA: ACCP ) shed 0.39% or 0.17 points to 43.85.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Renault SA (PA: RENA ) which rose 5.79% to 98.50, Eramet (PA: ERMT ) which was up 4.49% to settle at 111.80 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS: MT ) which gained 4.13% to close at 25.700.

The worst performers were Sodexo (PA: EXHO ) which was down 15.69% to 81.90 in late trade, SES (PA: SESFd ) which lost 4.60% to settle at 10.98 and Altran Technologies (PA: ALTT ) which was down 2.51% to 12.020 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 303 to 246 and 105 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 11.76% to 15.99.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.06% or 0.80 to $1323.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.45% or 0.29 to hit $64.67 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.38% or 0.26 to trade at $69.02 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.2297, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8764.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 89.76.