Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 1.84%, while the SBF 120 index fell 1.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 2.28% or 0.420 points to trade at 18.820 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) added 1.22% or 1.80 points to end at 149.45 and Sodexo (PA:EXHO) was down 0.23% or 0.22 points to 94.04 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which lost 14.84% or 8.16 points to trade at 46.84 in late trade. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) declined 7.24% or 1.95 points to end at 25.00 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) shed 6.77% or 1.79 points to 24.70.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) which rose 2.28% to 18.820, Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) which was up 1.22% to settle at 149.45 and Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which gained 1.05% to close at 72.920.
The worst performers were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) which was down 14.84% to 46.84 in late trade, Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) which lost 7.24% to settle at 25.00 and Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) which was down 6.77% to 24.70 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 410 to 161 and 90 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 19.58% to 16.80.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.00% or 0.05 to $1314.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 3.35% or 1.81 to hit $52.20 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 2.65% or 1.66 to trade at $61.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1354, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.8752.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.252.