Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 2.27%, while the SBF 120 index gained 2.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 5.49% or 0.279 points to trade at 5.364 at the close. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) added 4.24% or 1.99 points to end at 48.98 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 3.82% or 6.75 points to 183.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sanofi SA (PA:SASY), which added 0.35% or 0.24 points to trade at 68.93 in late trade. Sodexo (PA:EXHO) added 0.48% or 0.50 points to end at 104.80 and Technip (PA:TECF) gained 0.63% or 0.32 points to 51.46.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which rose 5.49% to 5.364, Edenred (PA:EDEN) which was up 4.53% to settle at 20.90 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) which gained 4.24% to close at 48.98.
The worst performers were Alten (PA:LTEN) which was down 2.46% to 61.12 in late trade, Iliad (PA:ILD) which lost 1.51% to settle at 185.70 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was down 1.11% to 63.10 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 482 to 187 and 120 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 14.05% to 16.59.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 1.04% or 13.85 to $1345.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.36% or 1.07 to hit $46.41 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.77% or 0.83 to trade at $47.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.32% to 1.1226, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8581.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 95.17.