Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.57%, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 3.01% or 0.164 points to trade at 5.619 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) added 2.62% or 0.199 points to end at 7.800 and Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) was up 2.19% or 0.91 points to 42.18 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which lost 1.40% or 0.070 points to trade at 4.915 in late trade. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) declined 0.91% or 0.67 points to end at 72.75 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) shed 0.64% or 0.39 points to 60.36.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which rose 4.45% to 18.7900, BIC (PA:BICP) which was up 4.39% to settle at 135.45 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which gained 4.16% to close at 37.300.
The worst performers were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) which was down 1.40% to 4.915 in late trade, Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which lost 0.91% to settle at 72.75 and Aeroports De Paris SA (PA:ADP) which was down 0.84% to 92.22 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 420 to 221 and 120 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 5.73% to 20.40.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.35% or 4.75 to $1369.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.33% or 0.95 to hit $41.78 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.20% or 0.95 to trade at $44.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1133, while EUR/GBP rose 1.36% to 0.8482.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 95.67.