France shares higher at close of trade; CAC 40 up 0.62%

Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas , Consumer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 0.62%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.53%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA: FTI ), which rose 4.42% or 1.10 points to trade at 25.99 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS: MT ) added 2.00% or 0.540 points to end at 27.515 and Kering SA (PA: PRTP ) was up 1.86% or 7.25 points to 396.60 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Atos SE (PA: ATOS ), which lost 1.01% or 1.25 points to trade at 122.25 in late trade. Credit Agricole SA (PA: CAGR ) declined 0.39% or 0.055 points to end at 14.100 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA: MICP ) shed 0.12% or 0.15 points to 122.25.

The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA: GNFT ) which rose 11.77% to 24.690, TechnipFMC PLC (PA: FTI ) which was up 4.42% to settle at 25.99 and Eramet (PA: ERMT ) which gained 3.21% to close at 95.35.

The worst performers were Nexity (PA: NEXI ) which was down 2.71% to 50.18 in late trade, ALD SA (PA: ALDA ) which lost 1.56% to settle at 13.23 and Thales (PA: TCFP ) which was down 1.35% to 90.00 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 330 to 282 and 97 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.

The CAC 40 VIX , which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 6.75% to 10.60.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.13% or 1.60 to $1271.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.38% or 0.22 to hit $58.31 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.29% or 0.19 to trade at $64.75 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.1871, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8876.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 92.86.