Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.25%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 2.28% or 0.485 points to trade at 21.715 at the close. Orange SA (PA:ORAN) added 1.63% or 0.23 points to end at 14.36 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) was up 1.41% or 0.93 points to 66.92 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 1.96% or 0.47 points to trade at 23.75 in late trade. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 1.75% or 0.35 points to end at 19.70 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) shed 1.64% or 1.70 points to 101.75.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which rose 4.33% to 15.185, Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was up 3.63% to settle at 54.29 and Alstom SA (PA:ALSO) which gained 2.71% to close at 31.62.
The worst performers were Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was down 2.50% to 21.68 in late trade, Ipsen (PA:IPN) which lost 2.12% to settle at 115.15 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 1.96% to 23.75 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 357 to 242 and 96 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.45% to 12.37 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.18% or 2.22 to $1216.88 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.38% or 0.63 to hit $46.12 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.40% or 0.67 to trade at $48.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1385, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.8814.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 95.67.