Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas Producers, Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 1.34%, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA), which rose 3.27% or 0.13 points to trade at 3.98 at the close. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) added 0.34% or 0.14 points to end at 41.28 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 0.22% or 0.30 points to 136.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which lost 3.58% or 1.33 points to trade at 35.87 in late trade. Airbus Group (PA:AIR) declined 2.69% or 1.61 points to end at 58.35 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA (PA:LVMH) shed 2.59% or 4.00 points to 150.50.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 6.89% to 30.660, Maurel Et Prom (PA:MAUP) which was up 4.73% to settle at 3.10 and Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which gained 3.79% to close at 25.890.
The worst performers were Neopost (PA:NPOS) which was down 7.97% to 18.47 in late trade, Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) which lost 3.58% to settle at 35.87 and Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was down 2.77% to 9.86 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 394 to 250 and 108 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.41% to 21.77.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.59% or 7.20 to $1235.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.08% or 0.03 to hit $38.29 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.16 to trade at $40.21 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.1384, while EUR/GBP rose 0.30% to 0.7909.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 94.54.