Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.59%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which rose 0.44% or 0.06 points to trade at 13.74 at the close. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 0.42% or 0.24 points to end at 57.88 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) was up 0.39% or 0.14 points to 37.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Danone SA (PA:DANO), which lost 1.71% or 1.14 points to trade at 65.49 in late trade. Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) declined 1.47% or 1.00 points to end at 67.04 and AXA SA (PA:AXAF) shed 1.46% or 0.37 points to 24.97.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which rose 9.22% to 34.350, Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was up 1.74% to settle at 4.626 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which gained 0.78% to close at 214.25.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 2.05% to 3.159 in late trade, SCOR SE (PA:SCOR) which lost 1.86% to settle at 35.56 and Gemalto (AS:GTO) which was down 1.79% to 43.63 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 367 to 193 and 105 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 20.37% to 17.52 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.90% or 11.50 to $1290.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.79% or 0.39 to hit $49.17 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.34% or 0.18 to trade at $52.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1756, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.9057.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 93.36.