Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.69%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.66%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 6.90% or 0.28 points to trade at 4.33 at the close. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) added 2.68% or 0.37 points to end at 14.20 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was up 2.66% or 2.21 points to 85.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which lost 0.46% or 0.023 points to trade at 5.025 in late trade. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 0.38% or 0.55 points to end at 144.95 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) shed 0.20% or 0.15 points to 73.47.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) which rose 6.90% to 4.33, Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which was up 2.96% to settle at 43.24 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which gained 2.68% to close at 14.20.
The worst performers were Havas (PA:HAVA) which was down 2.39% to 7.360 in late trade, GTT (PA:GTT) which lost 1.90% to settle at 31.21 and Zodiac Aerospace (PA:ZODC) which was down 1.62% to 21.20 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 411 to 238 and 105 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.87% to 19.25 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.31% or 3.85 to $1219.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $49.55 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.06% or 0.03 to trade at $49.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1172, while EUR/GBP rose 0.49% to 0.7628.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 95.30.