Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Consumer Goods and General Financial sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.34%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which rose 1.75% or 1.64 points to trade at 95.18 at the close. Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) added 1.39% or 6.80 points to end at 495.70 and Compagnie de Saint Gobain SA (PA:SGOB) was up 1.02% or 0.29 points to 29.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN), which lost 5.66% or 1.71 points to trade at 28.50 in late trade. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) declined 3.85% or 1.66 points to end at 41.42 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) shed 1.86% or 0.192 points to 10.154.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which rose 6.06% to 68.25, Getlink SE (PA:GETP) which was up 3.21% to settle at 12.365 and Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which gained 2.72% to close at 33.960.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 7.91% to 12.580 in late trade, Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) which lost 5.66% to settle at 28.50 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 4.37% to 1.445 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 319 to 261 and 88 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.69% to 15.65 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.23% or 2.95 to $1290.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.90% or 0.47 to hit $51.84 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.51% or 0.31 to trade at $61.01 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.11% to 1.1384, while EUR/GBP fell 0.61% to 0.8791.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 95.790.