Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Consumer Services and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.08%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP), which rose 3.64% or 3.60 points to trade at 102.60 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 2.20% or 0.335 points to end at 15.590 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was up 1.67% or 1.18 points to 71.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 3.20% or 0.84 points to trade at 25.40 in late trade. Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) declined 2.67% or 1.38 points to end at 50.26 and Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) shed 2.16% or 12.00 points to 542.80.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which rose 9.48% to 33.020, Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which was up 4.96% to settle at 9.105 and Nexans (PA:NEXS) which gained 3.86% to close at 25.55.
The worst performers were Rubis SCA (PA:RUBF) which was down 10.58% to 45.20 in late trade, Rexel (PA:RXL) which lost 3.95% to settle at 12.76 and Aeroports de Paris SA (PA:ADP) which was down 3.51% to 187.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 326 to 233 and 109 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.60% to 13.48.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.17% or 2.10 to $1208.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.26% or 1.59 to hit $68.78 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.69% or 1.35 to trade at $78.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.44% to 1.1677, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8909.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 94.60.