Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Healthcare, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.07%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Carrefour SA (PA:CARR), which rose 1.53% or 0.27 points to trade at 17.55 at the close. Lafargeholcim Ltd (PA:LHN) added 1.50% or 0.71 points to end at 48.47 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) was up 1.45% or 0.85 points to 59.57 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Atos SE (PA:ATOS), which lost 1.98% or 2.65 points to trade at 130.95 in late trade. Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) declined 1.24% or 0.93 points to end at 74.32 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) shed 1.23% or 0.99 points to 79.54.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which rose 3.88% to 4.899, Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which was up 1.98% to settle at 11.85 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) which gained 1.53% to close at 17.55.
The worst performers were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which was down 4.68% to 39.225 in late trade, Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which lost 3.80% to settle at 40.025 and GTT (PA:GTT) which was down 2.85% to 41.12 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 339 to 258 and 94 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.56% to 11.33.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.08% or 0.97 to $1278.27 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.31% or 0.17 to hit $54.47 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.35% or 0.21 to trade at $60.70 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.1659, while EUR/GBP rose 1.86% to 0.8935.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 94.63.