Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.97% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which rose 0.22% or 0.09 points to trade at 41.85 at the close. Danone SA (PA:DANO) added 0.13% or 0.09 points to end at 63.34 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was up 0.11% or 0.020 points to 18.280 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which lost 5.47% or 2.72 points to trade at 47.03 in late trade. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) declined 5.07% or 1.005 points to end at 18.810 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) shed 3.84% or 0.78 points to 19.41.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which rose 6.13% to 12.46, Eutelsat Communications (PA:ETL) which was up 2.93% to settle at 17.90 and SES (PA:SESFd) which gained 1.94% to close at 16.01.
The worst performers were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 5.48% to 71.550 in late trade, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which lost 5.47% to settle at 47.03 and Plastic Omnium (PA:PLOF) which was down 5.37% to 36.29 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 415 to 156 and 85 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.23% to 16.93.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.36% or 4.50 to $1251.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.98% or 0.71 to hit $73.47 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.07 to trade at $77.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1578, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8846.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 94.92.