Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.22% to hit a new 3-month high, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 3.68% or 0.84 points to trade at 23.80 at the close. Accor SA (PA:ACCP) added 2.55% or 1.04 points to end at 42.04 and Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) was up 1.71% or 2.15 points to 128.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP), which lost 1.33% or 1.65 points to trade at 122.50 in late trade. Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) declined 0.71% or 1.45 points to end at 202.55 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) shed 0.62% or 0.52 points to 84.02.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 4.33% to 70.640, Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which was up 4.08% to settle at 38.14 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which gained 3.68% to close at 23.80.
The worst performers were Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was down 4.08% to 33.62 in late trade, GTT (PA:GTT) which lost 2.21% to settle at 45.15 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was down 2.16% to 10.62 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 352 to 231 and 111 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.71% to 11.69.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.11% or 1.44 to $1289.24 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.61% or 0.84 to hit $51.30 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.44% or 0.83 to trade at $56.74 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.1782, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8765.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 93.03.