Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.04%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 1.29% or 0.18 points to trade at 14.50 at the close. Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) added 0.95% or 1.00 points to end at 106.05 and AXA SA (PA:AXAF) was up 0.93% or 0.23 points to 24.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which lost 2.06% or 0.42 points to trade at 20.16 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 1.61% or 0.35 points to end at 21.42 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) shed 1.28% or 0.74 points to 57.05.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Gemalto (AS:GTO) which rose 2.91% to 46.85, Aeroports De Paris SA (PA:ADP) which was up 2.50% to settle at 147.80 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which gained 1.48% to close at 12.01.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 3.33% to 4.273 in late trade, Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which lost 2.06% to settle at 20.16 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which was down 1.84% to 33.540 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 343 to 246 and 91 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.57% to 14.57.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.13% or 1.68 to $1293.02 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.58% or 1.25 to hit $47.16 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.64% or 0.86 to trade at $51.71 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1806, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.9227.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 93.18.