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 0.26%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Hermes International SCA (PA:HRMS), which rose 1.91% or 9.20 points to trade at 490.50 at the close. Renault SA (PA:RENA) added 1.35% or 0.76 points to end at 57.07 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) was up 1.09% or 0.200 points to 18.600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP), which lost 2.72% or 2.68 points to trade at 95.78 in late trade. Atos SE (PA:ATOS) declined 2.29% or 1.66 points to end at 70.70 and Legrand SA (PA:LEGD) shed 2.27% or 1.16 points to 49.92.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Plastic Omnium (PA:PLOF) which rose 6.98% to 20.61, Solocal Group SA (PA:LOCAL) which was up 4.39% to settle at 0.547 and GTT (PA:GTT) which gained 4.00% to close at 67.60.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 6.80% to 1.097 in late trade, Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which lost 4.07% to settle at 14.60 and Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was down 3.78% to 17.830 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 319 to 256 and 97 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.42% to 19.04.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.22% or 2.75 to $1247.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.43% or 0.73 to hit $51.88 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.60 to trade at $60.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1353, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8993.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 97.153.