Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.62%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 4.42% or 1.10 points to trade at 25.99 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 2.00% or 0.540 points to end at 27.515 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 1.86% or 7.25 points to 396.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which lost 1.01% or 1.25 points to trade at 122.25 in late trade. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 0.39% or 0.055 points to end at 14.100 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) shed 0.12% or 0.15 points to 122.25.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 11.77% to 24.690, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was up 4.42% to settle at 25.99 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which gained 3.21% to close at 95.35.
The worst performers were Nexity (PA:NEXI) which was down 2.71% to 50.18 in late trade, ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which lost 1.56% to settle at 13.23 and Thales (PA:TCFP) which was down 1.35% to 90.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 330 to 282 and 97 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.75% to 10.60.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.13% or 1.60 to $1271.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.38% or 0.22 to hit $58.31 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.29% or 0.19 to trade at $64.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.1871, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8876.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 92.86.