Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.25%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which rose 1.68% or 0.490 points to trade at 29.700 at the close. BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) added 1.22% or 0.82 points to end at 68.00 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) was up 1.01% or 0.47 points to 46.47 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR), which lost 2.76% or 2.50 points to trade at 88.00 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 2.70% or 0.76 points to end at 27.44 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) shed 1.57% or 0.37 points to 23.22.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were GTT (PA:GTT) which rose 2.52% to 54.90, Elior Group (PA:ELIOR) which was up 2.31% to settle at 19.45 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which gained 2.29% to close at 120.50.
The worst performers were SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 3.69% to 12.93 in late trade, Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which lost 2.92% to settle at 20.640 and Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) which was down 2.76% to 88.00 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 363 to 234 and 98 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.11% to 12.07.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.31% or 4.20 to $1360.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.38% or 0.25 to hit $65.86 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.44% or 0.31 to trade at $70.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.60% to 1.2484, while EUR/GBP rose 0.47% to 0.8755.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 88.58.