Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Gas & Water and General Financial sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.75%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which rose 1.31% or 5.00 points to trade at 388.00 at the close. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 1.28% or 0.33 points to end at 26.03 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was up 0.46% or 0.32 points to 70.48 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 2.37% or 0.500 points to trade at 20.580 in late trade. Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) declined 2.00% or 0.375 points to end at 18.410 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) shed 2.00% or 0.43 points to 21.10.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Tarkett (PA:TKTT) which rose 3.53% to 19.94, Groupe Eurotunnel (PA:GETP) which was up 2.29% to settle at 11.180 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which gained 1.68% to close at 20.020.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 6.48% to 0.938 in late trade, DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which lost 3.07% to settle at 26.500 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was down 3.07% to 14.05 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 365 to 208 and 102 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.38% to 19.40.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.20 to $1227.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.39% or 0.76 to hit $53.87 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.28% or 0.81 to trade at $62.67 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.1404, while EUR/GBP fell 0.63% to 0.8853.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 96.390.