Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.50% to hit a new 5-year high, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics (PA:STM), which rose 11.68% or 2.070 points to trade at 19.790 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 5.69% or 1.21 points to end at 22.36 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was up 3.07% or 2.47 points to 82.96 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which lost 0.52% or 2.05 points to trade at 392.65 in late trade. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) declined 0.26% or 0.04 points to end at 17.41 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) shed 0.09% or 0.10 points to 105.75.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which rose 15.41% to 3.070, STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which was up 11.68% to settle at 19.790 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which gained 5.69% to close at 22.36.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 6.91% to 41.110 in late trade, Ipsen (PA:IPN) which lost 6.08% to settle at 105.90 and Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which was down 3.95% to 9.230 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 346 to 251 and 90 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 12.70% to 12.07.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.56% or 7.18 to $1271.82 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.31% or 0.16 to hit $52.34 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.21% or 0.12 to trade at $58.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.07% to 1.1686, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.8870.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.84% at 94.32.