Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Foods & Drugs sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.23%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Legrand SA (PA:LEGD), which rose 7.14% or 3.74 points to trade at 56.12 at the close. Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) added 3.70% or 2.36 points to end at 66.14 and Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) was up 3.18% or 3.15 points to 102.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which lost 5.38% or 8.16 points to trade at 143.42 in late trade. EssilorLuxottica SA (PA:ESLX) declined 3.11% or 3.40 points to end at 106.10 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) shed 2.46% or 11.80 points to 468.20.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which rose 9.19% to 13.540, Ipsen SA (PA:IPN) which was up 7.66% to settle at 118.00 and Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) which gained 7.14% to close at 56.12.
The worst performers were WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW) which was down 5.38% to 143.42 in late trade, BIC (PA:BICP) which lost 4.75% to settle at 83.25 and Natixis (PA:CNAT) which was down 4.67% to 4.271 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 292 to 273 and 97 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 9.35% to 15.53.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.04% or 0.55 to $1314.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.85% or 0.46 to hit $54.36 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.23% or 0.78 to trade at $64.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1287, while EUR/GBP rose 0.58% to 0.8814.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.898.