Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Electronic Equipment and Industrial Transportation sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.62%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.54%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Michelin (PARIS:MICP), which rose 6.48% or 6.21 points to trade at 102.00 at the close. Pernod Ricard (PARIS:PERP) added 2.38% or 2.70 points to end at 116.30 and Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) was up 1.39% or 0.12 points to 9.09 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alcatel-Lucent (PARIS:ALUA), which lost 3.87% or 0.151 points to trade at 3.754 in late trade. Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP) declined 2.75% or 0.47 points to end at 16.82 and Saint Gobain (PARIS:SGOB) shed 2.07% or 0.85 points to 40.41.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Michelin (PARIS:MICP) which rose 6.48% to 102.00, Genfit (PARIS:GNFT) which was up 5.73% to settle at 43.000 and Biomerieux (PARIS:BIOX) which gained 5.42% to close at 97.22.
The worst performers were STMicroelectronics (PARIS:STM) which was down 4.52% to 8.855 in late trade, Alcatel-Lucent (PARIS:ALUA) which lost 3.87% to settle at 3.754 and Euronext (PARIS:ENX) which was down 2.89% to 38.94 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 557 to 333 and 52 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.96% to 20.95.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.34% or 4.00 to $1190.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.28% or 1.84 to hit $58.00 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 3.36% or 2.10 to trade at $64.83 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.89% to 1.0820, while EUR/GBP rose 0.71% to 0.7184.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.76% at 97.50.