Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Household Goods, Real Estate and Automobiles & Parts sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.98%, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were EDF (PARIS:EDF), which rose 1.86% or 0.37 points to trade at 20.26 at the close. GDF Suez (PARIS:GSZ) added 1.43% or 0.24 points to end at 16.97 and Veolia Environnement (PARIS:VIE) was up 1.00% or 0.185 points to 18.635 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Valeo (PARIS:VLOF), which lost 2.57% or 3.75 points to trade at 142.30 in late trade. Accor (PARIS:ACCP) declined 2.21% or 1.02 points to end at 45.44 and Publicis Groupe SA (PARIS:PUBP) shed 1.91% or 1.30 points to 66.65.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Euronext (PARIS:ENX) which rose 3.82% to 37.49, EDF (PARIS:EDF) which was up 1.86% to settle at 20.26 and Virbac (PARIS:VIRB) which gained 1.58% to close at 199.55.
The worst performers were Adocia (PARIS:ADOC) which was down 4.27% to 66.290 in late trade, Alten (PARIS:LTEN) which lost 3.59% to settle at 42.58 and Innate Pharma (PARIS:IPH) which was down 3.37% to 13.180 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 546 to 253 and 57 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.48% to 30.64.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.46% or 5.40 to $1163.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.86% or 0.49 to hit $57.45 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.75% or 0.47 to trade at $62.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1092, while EUR/GBP rose 0.37% to 0.7104.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.25% at 96.23.