Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the CAC Oil & Gas, CAC Consumer Goods and CAC Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.32%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 1.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (EPA:PRTP), which rose 3.97% or 8.45 points to trade at 221.15 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) added 3.93% or 0.89 points to end at 23.51 and Vivendi SA (EPA:VIV) was up 2.90% or 0.26 points to 9.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Thales (EPA:TCFP), which fell 1.85% or 2.90 points to trade at 153.60 in late trade. Teleperformance SE (EPA:TEPRF) declined 0.69% or 0.62 points to end at 89.82 and Safran SA (EPA:SAF) down 0.23% or 0.50 points to 218.50.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Alstom SA (EPA:ALSO) which rose 11.55% to 21.92, SCOR SE (EPA:SCOR) which was up 9.67% to settle at 22.46 and Derichebourg (EPA:DBG) which gained 6.56% to close at 5.00.
The worst performers were Atos SE (EPA:ATOS) which was down 36.43% to 0.19 in late trade, Emeis SA (EPA:EMEIS) which lost 6.62% to settle at 5.84 and Euroapi SAS (EPA:EAPI) which was down 2.98% to 3.52 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 275 to 204 and 101 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
Shares in Alstom SA (EPA:ALSO) rose to 52-week highs; rising 11.55% or 2.27 to 21.92.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.29% or 7.40 to $2,579.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.28% or 0.19 to hit $68.62 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.33% or 0.24 to trade at $72.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 106.47.