Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.82% to hit a new 3-month high, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 5.06% or 0.98 points to trade at 20.45 at the close. EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) added 3.32% or 3.40 points to end at 105.85 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was up 2.17% or 1.82 points to 85.82 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 2.42% or 0.468 points to trade at 18.848 in late trade. Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) declined 0.72% or 0.95 points to end at 130.80 and Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) shed 0.61% or 0.65 points to 106.25.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Lagardere SCA (PA:LAGA) which rose 8.00% to 24.70, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was up 5.06% to settle at 20.45 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which gained 4.47% to close at 12.96.
The worst performers were Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 4.37% to 19.490 in late trade, Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which lost 2.99% to settle at 43.86 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) which was down 2.42% to 18.848 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 336 to 231 and 96 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.99% to 13.62.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.97% or 12.65 to $1296.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.51% or 0.30 to hit $58.56 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.53% or 0.36 to trade at $67.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1302, while EUR/GBP rose 0.50% to 0.8531.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 96.757.