Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.53%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which rose 1.30% or 0.98 points to trade at 76.35 at the close. Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) added 1.01% or 0.50 points to end at 50.14 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) was up 0.89% or 0.125 points to 14.180 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Danone SA (PA:DANO), which lost 2.80% or 1.87 points to trade at 65.00 in late trade. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) declined 2.13% or 0.49 points to end at 22.75 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) shed 1.93% or 0.74 points to 37.55.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which rose 1.96% to 11.440, Safran SA (PA:SAF) which was up 1.30% to settle at 76.35 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which gained 1.16% to close at 8.95.
The worst performers were CNP Assurances (PA:CNPP) which was down 6.35% to 18.725 in late trade, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which lost 5.15% to settle at 5.823 and Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which was down 4.83% to 52.21 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 422 to 186 and 91 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.32% to 16.63.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.47% or 5.87 to $1252.83 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.84% or 0.41 to hit $49.48 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.79% or 0.41 to trade at $52.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.1128, while EUR/GBP fell 0.51% to 0.8561.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 97.52.