Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.32%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which rose 4.60% or 2.94 points to trade at 66.83 at the close. Essilor International Compagnie Generale d’Optique SA (PA:ESSI) added 0.70% or 0.80 points to end at 115.00 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) was up 0.66% or 0.62 points to 94.09 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 1.97% or 0.445 points to trade at 22.090 in late trade. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) declined 1.80% or 1.33 points to end at 72.36 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) shed 1.77% or 2.15 points to 119.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which rose 5.05% to 86.68, Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) which was up 4.60% to settle at 66.83 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 1.72% to close at 76.140.
The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 8.31% to 12.365 in late trade, Korian Medica SA (PA:KORI) which lost 4.74% to settle at 27.435 and Dassault Aviation (PA:AVMD) which was down 3.48% to 1201.05 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 333 to 263 and 100 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.55% to 12.86.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.30% or 3.74 to $1245.74 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.34% or 0.16 to hit $47.16 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.16% or 0.08 to trade at $49.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.02% to 1.1631, while EUR/GBP rose 1.47% to 0.8971.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 94.06.