Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 1.38%, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 0.53% or 0.09 points to trade at 16.94 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) added 0.26% or 0.35 points to end at 133.60 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was down 0.16% or 0.30 points to 189.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which lost 4.57% or 0.930 points to trade at 19.410 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) declined 3.84% or 1.045 points to end at 26.175 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 3.75% or 0.94 points to 24.11.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 3.75% to 37.100, JC Decaux SA (PA:JCDX) which was up 1.41% to settle at 28.72 and Fonciere des Regions (PA:FDR) which gained 0.79% to close at 89.20.
The worst performers were Wendel (PA:MWDP) which was down 9.59% to 130.10 in late trade, STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which lost 4.57% to settle at 19.410 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 4.50% to 4.540 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 456 to 119 and 83 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 20.73% to 16.73.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.45% or 6.00 to $1327.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.15% or 0.75 to hit $64.42 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.68% or 0.47 to trade at $69.00 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.2306, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8720.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 89.46.