Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Utilities and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.39%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were L’Oreal SA (PA:OREP), which rose 1.83% or 4.10 points to trade at 228.10 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) added 1.33% or 2.05 points to end at 156.05 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 1.26% or 0.17 points to 13.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN), which lost 4.32% or 1.17 points to trade at 25.94 in late trade. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) declined 3.87% or 0.86 points to end at 21.35 and Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) shed 3.77% or 1.04 points to 26.52.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eurofins Scientific SE (PA:EUFI) which rose 4.12% to 388.80, Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was up 4.00% to settle at 1.223 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 2.76% to close at 15.250.
The worst performers were Nexans SA (PA:NEXS) which was down 4.83% to 27.78 in late trade, Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) which lost 4.32% to settle at 25.94 and Faurecia (PA:EPED) which was down 4.17% to 40.25 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 382 to 179 and 95 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 4.22% to 13.51.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.14% or 1.85 to $1285.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.73% or 0.41 to hit $56.63 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.26 to trade at $66.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.89% to 1.1204, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8564.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.72% at 97.495.