Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.47%, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR), which rose 2.19% or 0.272 points to trade at 12.670 at the close. AXA SA (PA:AXAF) added 1.89% or 0.44 points to end at 23.68 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) was up 1.01% or 0.27 points to 27.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which lost 6.56% or 2.28 points to trade at 32.50 in late trade. Kering SA (PA:PRTP) declined 5.36% or 24.80 points to end at 437.80 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) shed 4.89% or 14.80 points to 287.95.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) which rose 2.19% to 12.670, Natixis (PA:CNAT) which was up 1.96% to settle at 5.838 and AXA SA (PA:AXAF) which gained 1.89% to close at 23.68.
The worst performers were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which was down 6.56% to 32.50 in late trade, Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which lost 5.66% to settle at 7.665 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 5.43% to 1.167 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 396 to 188 and 91 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 9.91% to 14.69.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.09% or 1.10 to $1201.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.20% or 1.68 to hit $74.73 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.47% or 1.27 to trade at $85.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.1504, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8841.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 95.47.