Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.11%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Airbus Group (PA:AIR), which rose 1.45% or 0.77 points to trade at 54.02 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 1.45% or 1.02 points to end at 71.15 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 1.14% or 0.72 points to 63.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Engie SA (PA:ENGIE), which lost 3.04% or 0.42 points to trade at 13.39 in late trade. Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) declined 2.34% or 0.78 points to end at 32.60 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) shed 2.21% or 0.203 points to 8.970.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which rose 6.49% to 28.805, Nexans (PA:NEXS) which was up 5.52% to settle at 43.50 and CGG (PA:GEPH) which gained 2.86% to close at 0.72.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 5.79% to 53.400 in late trade, Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) which lost 3.04% to settle at 13.39 and Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 2.88% to 3.70 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 337 to 267 and 122 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.57% to 24.31.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.22% or 2.85 to $1277.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.19% or 0.96 to hit $44.74 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.59% or 0.71 to trade at $45.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.71% to 1.1404, while EUR/GBP fell 0.62% to 0.7875.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.51% at 93.75.