Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Gas & Water, General Financial and Foods & Drugs sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.09%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Valeo SA (PA:VLOF), which rose 1.59% or 0.46 points to trade at 29.39 at the close. STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) added 1.54% or 0.230 points to end at 15.135 and WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) was up 1.11% or 1.67 points to 151.82 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO), which lost 2.05% or 2.09 points to trade at 99.86 in late trade. Dassault Systemes SE (PA:DAST) declined 1.48% or 2.00 points to end at 133.30 and Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) shed 1.27% or 1.40 points to 108.50.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 11.31% to 15.350, Vicat (PA:VCTP) which was up 3.80% to settle at 45.05 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 2.04% to close at 90.00.
The worst performers were Sartorius Stedim Biotech SA (PA:STDM) which was down 4.07% to 113.00 in late trade, Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which lost 3.46% to settle at 37.91 and Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which was down 3.41% to 368.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 312 to 254 and 104 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 1.66% to 13.47.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.24% or 3.15 to $1292.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.10% or 0.06 to hit $62.52 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.66% or 0.46 to trade at $69.77 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.1215, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.8572.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 96.907.