Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.26%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 2.52% or 0.47 points to trade at 19.30 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 1.78% or 1.31 points to end at 75.02 and Total SA (PA:TOTF) was up 0.78% or 0.36 points to 47.24 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Renault SA (PA:RENA), which lost 6.41% or 3.60 points to trade at 52.60 in late trade. WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) declined 2.39% or 3.30 points to end at 135.00 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) shed 2.28% or 0.39 points to 16.52.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which rose 2.52% to 19.30, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was up 2.52% to settle at 10.98 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) which gained 1.78% to close at 75.02.
The worst performers were Renault SA (PA:RENA) which was down 6.41% to 52.60 in late trade, Klepierre SA (PA:LOIM) which lost 5.41% to settle at 29.19 and Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which was down 3.71% to 368.80 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 298 to 238 and 114 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.96% to 15.29.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.75% or 9.95 to $1343.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $51.59 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.04 to trade at $60.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.67% to 1.1295, while EUR/GBP rose 0.49% to 0.8885.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 96.817.