Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.53%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP), which rose 2.82% or 0.51 points to trade at 18.40 at the close. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) added 1.88% or 1.12 points to end at 60.63 and Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) was up 1.79% or 1.17 points to 66.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which lost 6.03% or 6.85 points to trade at 106.75 in late trade. Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) declined 2.51% or 1.89 points to end at 73.45 and L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP) shed 1.63% or 2.95 points to 178.55.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which rose 2.82% to 18.40, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 2.51% to settle at 12.450 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which gained 2.46% to close at 33.095.
The worst performers were Sodexo (PA:EXHO) which was down 6.03% to 106.75 in late trade, Television Francaise 1 SA (PA:TFFP) which lost 5.91% to settle at 11.230 and SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 4.22% to 19.76 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 378 to 221 and 82 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 5.23% to 15.11.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.12% or 1.52 to $1223.22 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 2.37% or 1.07 to hit $46.20 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 2.07% or 0.99 to trade at $48.78 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.54% to 1.1412, while EUR/GBP rose 0.39% to 0.8811.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.34% at 95.64.