Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.31% to hit a new 3-month low, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Safran SA (PA:SAF), which rose 6.37% or 6.95 points to trade at 116.05 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 1.24% or 1.28 points to end at 104.28 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) was up 1.18% or 0.94 points to 80.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kering SA (PA:PRTP), which lost 2.07% or 9.10 points to trade at 430.10 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 2.02% or 0.51 points to end at 24.70 and Accor SA (PA:ACCP) shed 1.95% or 0.85 points to 42.68.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Safran SA (PA:SAF) which rose 6.37% to 116.05, Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which was up 3.48% to settle at 58.22 and Casino Guichard (PA:CASP) which gained 3.18% to close at 27.57.
The worst performers were Altran Technologies (PA:ALTT) which was down 8.07% to 8.490 in late trade, Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which lost 5.25% to settle at 24.200 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 4.64% to 1.069 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 363 to 193 and 100 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 2.05% to 16.28.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.18% or 2.20 to $1203.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.30% or 1.58 to hit $67.14 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.89% or 1.46 to trade at $75.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1615, while EUR/GBP fell 0.36% to 0.8980.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 95.09.