Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.60% to hit a new 52-week low, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which rose 1.79% or 0.29 points to trade at 16.75 at the close. Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS) added 1.25% or 5.80 points to end at 469.30 and Dassault Systemes (PA:DAST) was up 0.90% or 0.90 points to 100.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which lost 5.20% or 1.31 points to trade at 23.87 in late trade. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) declined 2.75% or 0.495 points to end at 17.495 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) shed 2.53% or 2.16 points to 83.22.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 9.54% to 10.680, Groupe FNAC (PA:FNAC) which was up 5.97% to settle at 54.150 and Euronext (PA:ENX) which gained 3.41% to close at 49.16.
The worst performers were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which was down 5.20% to 23.87 in late trade, Rexel (PA:RXL) which lost 4.36% to settle at 9.00 and Plastic Omnium (PA:PLOF) which was down 4.12% to 18.84 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 364 to 243 and 79 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 14.95% to 25.46 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.79% or 10.05 to $1279.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 3.65% or 1.70 to hit $44.91 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 3.74% or 2.07 to trade at $53.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.78% to 1.1442, while EUR/GBP rose 0.62% to 0.9043.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 96.047.