Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas Producers, Oil & Gas and Pharmaceuticals & Biotech sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 3.49%, while the SBF 120 index added 3.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Total SA (PARIS:TOTF), which rose 6.56% or 2.48 points to trade at 40.18 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AMS:ISPA) added 6.02% or 0.40 points to end at 7.08 and Accor SA (PARIS:ACCP) was up 5.54% or 2.25 points to 42.84 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pernod Ricard SA (PARIS:PERP), which lost 1.72% or 1.61 points to trade at 92.20 in late trade. Alstom SA (PARIS:ALSO) added 0.85% or 0.23 points to end at 27.31 and Publicis Groupe SA (PARIS:PUBP) gained 1.55% or 0.96 points to 62.75.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eiffage (PARIS:FOUG) which rose 9.01% to 57.61, Maurel Et Prom (PARIS:MAUP) which was up 8.19% to settle at 4.69 and Aperam (AMS:APAM) which gained 8.12% to close at 30.75.
The worst performers were Gemalto (AMS:GTO) which was down 12.27% to 64.79 in late trade, Pernod Ricard SA (PARIS:PERP) which lost 1.72% to settle at 92.20 and Coface (PARIS:COFA) which was up 0.06% to 8.40 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 680 to 134 and 42 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 13.48% to 29.33.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.20% or 2.20 to $1122.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 8.52% or 3.29 to hit $41.89 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 7.59% or 3.27 to trade at $46.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.87% to 1.1217, while EUR/GBP fell 0.43% to 0.7286.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.71% at 95.98.