Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 1.28%, while the SBF 120 index gained 1.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics (PA:STM), which rose 4.46% or 0.840 points to trade at 19.665 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 3.84% or 0.49 points to end at 13.13 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) was up 2.76% or 4.85 points to 180.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 1.36% or 0.365 points to trade at 26.560 in late trade. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) declined 0.88% or 0.15 points to end at 17.43 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 0.33% or 0.08 points to 23.97.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Nexans (PA:NEXS) which rose 4.93% to 45.11, STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which was up 4.46% to settle at 19.665 and Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which gained 4.41% to close at 28.44.
The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 4.51% to 9.750 in late trade, Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which lost 3.66% to settle at 42.68 and JC Decaux SA (PA:JCDX) which was down 2.98% to 30.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 400 to 176 and 95 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 17.12% to 14.35 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.46% or 6.10 to $1321.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.19% or 0.73 to hit $60.42 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.89% or 0.57 to trade at $63.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.77% to 1.2315, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8915.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 90.11.