Investing.com – France equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 gained 0.05%, while the SBF 120 index climbed 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which rose 5.49% or 0.232 points to trade at 4.455 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) added 2.78% or 0.204 points to end at 7.544 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was up 1.93% or 1.47 points to 77.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 3.35% or 1.05 points to trade at 30.30 in late trade. AXA SA (PA:AXAF) declined 1.79% or 0.41 points to end at 22.75 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) shed 1.46% or 0.180 points to 12.150.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST) which rose 5.96% to 76.07, Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) which was up 5.49% to settle at 4.455 and STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) which gained 4.91% to close at 13.235.
The worst performers were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was down 3.35% to 30.30 in late trade, Neopost (PA:NPOS) which lost 1.96% to settle at 30.09 and Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which was down 1.87% to 13.090 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 350 to 271 and 93 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.53% to 15.56.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.82% or 9.95 to $1218.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.20% or 0.11 to hit $53.77 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.07% or 0.04 to trade at $56.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.0793, while EUR/GBP rose 1.10% to 0.8601.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 99.58.