Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Utilities and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.29%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 2.84% or 0.78 points to trade at 28.28 at the close. STMicroelectronics (PA:STM) added 2.09% or 0.410 points to end at 20.000 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was up 1.15% or 1.20 points to 105.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which lost 5.12% or 5.65 points to trade at 104.70 in late trade. Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) declined 2.58% or 2.26 points to end at 85.32 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) shed 2.21% or 0.55 points to 24.29.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which rose 4.78% to 66.850, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which was up 2.84% to settle at 28.28 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which gained 2.57% to close at 111.70.
The worst performers were Sodexo (PA:EXHO) which was down 5.12% to 104.70 in late trade, Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which lost 3.35% to settle at 10.67 and Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 2.85% to 13.310 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 339 to 254 and 95 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 7.39% to 10.04.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.24% or 3.20 to $1322.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.46% or 0.93 to hit $64.50 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.84% or 0.58 to trade at $69.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.76% to 1.2038, while EUR/GBP rose 0.50% to 0.8890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 91.64.