Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.15% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SBF 120 index added 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 3.26% or 0.71 points to trade at 22.64 at the close. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 2.95% or 1.76 points to end at 61.41 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 1.93% or 1.09 points to 57.58 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 1.27% or 0.290 points to trade at 22.630 in late trade. Sodexo (PA:EXHO) declined 1.26% or 1.28 points to end at 99.97 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) shed 0.99% or 0.21 points to 21.02.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 10.33% to 50.310, Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which was up 3.39% to settle at 21.52 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which gained 3.26% to close at 22.64.
The worst performers were Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which was down 3.49% to 28.735 in late trade, Genfit (PA:GNFT) which lost 2.41% to settle at 26.700 and Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) which was down 2.16% to 423.15 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 288 to 274 and 111 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.11% to 11.38.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.14% or 1.81 to $1329.81 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.60% or 0.79 to hit $50.09 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.80% or 0.44 to trade at $55.60 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.1879, while EUR/GBP fell 1.41% to 0.8870.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 92.33.