Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Financials and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.78%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 1.71% or 0.29 points to trade at 17.27 at the close. Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) added 1.38% or 1.55 points to end at 113.70 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 0.39% or 1.50 points to 388.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which lost 2.65% or 3.55 points to trade at 130.20 in late trade. Safran SA (PA:SAF) declined 2.03% or 1.78 points to end at 85.83 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) shed 1.76% or 0.40 points to 22.30.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which rose 2.76% to 39.045, Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was up 2.69% to settle at 3.240 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 1.85% to close at 36.415.
The worst performers were Nexans (PA:NEXS) which was down 6.37% to 48.54 in late trade, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which lost 4.77% to settle at 10.47 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 4.60% to 4.455 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 341 to 245 and 97 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.46% to 10.73.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.64% or 8.00 to $1256.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.42% or 0.24 to hit $56.84 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.64% or 0.40 to trade at $62.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.37% to 1.1782, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.8771.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 93.62.