Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.06%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN), which rose 3.78% or 2.50 points to trade at 68.60 at the close. Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) added 3.14% or 0.167 points to end at 5.478 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) was up 1.43% or 0.315 points to 22.365 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which lost 3.21% or 1.32 points to trade at 40.01 in late trade. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) declined 3.19% or 2.38 points to end at 72.27 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) shed 1.67% or 0.320 points to 18.805.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 9.56% to 53.510, JC Decaux SA (PA:JCDX) which was up 6.98% to settle at 30.89 and Dassault Aviation (PA:AVMD) which gained 6.10% to close at 1274.90.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 16.74% to 3.194 in late trade, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which lost 9.61% to settle at 22.25 and Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which was down 6.96% to 30.53 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 310 to 278 and 87 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 0.25% to 12.59.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.62% or 7.74 to $1257.14 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.80% or 0.39 to hit $49.14 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 1.14% or 0.58 to trade at $51.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.1656, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8926.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 93.91.