Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.13%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 3.73% or 0.89 points to trade at 24.67 at the close. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) added 2.12% or 0.415 points to end at 19.965 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was up 0.93% or 0.80 points to 86.94 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics (PA:STM), which lost 2.00% or 0.375 points to trade at 18.410 in late trade. Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) declined 1.33% or 1.70 points to end at 125.95 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) shed 1.04% or 1.20 points to 114.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which rose 3.73% to 24.67, Arkema (PA:AKE) which was up 3.63% to settle at 107.05 and Sopra Steria Group SA (PA:SOPR) which gained 2.98% to close at 166.10.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 28.93% to 2.078 in late trade, Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which lost 16.29% to settle at 77.00 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 11.68% to 4.369 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 349 to 226 and 103 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.68% to 17.07.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.10% or 1.30 to $1333.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 2.06% or 1.27 to hit $62.95 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.61% or 1.05 to trade at $66.47 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.48% to 1.2342, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8832.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 89.62.