Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.42%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which rose 4.39% or 1.64 points to trade at 39.00 at the close. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) added 0.80% or 0.21 points to end at 26.37 and Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA (PA:MICP) was up 0.63% or 0.65 points to 104.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included WFD Unibail Rodamco NV (AS:URW), which lost 4.33% or 8.25 points to trade at 182.15 in late trade. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) declined 2.06% or 2.85 points to end at 135.60 and Orange SA (PA:ORAN) shed 1.54% or 0.22 points to 14.06.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) which rose 4.39% to 39.00, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was up 4.36% to settle at 2.440 and Ipsen (PA:IPN) which gained 2.27% to close at 153.00.
The worst performers were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was down 7.07% to 8.568 in late trade, Iliad (PA:ILD) which lost 7.07% to settle at 112.35 and Eramet (PA:ERMT) which was down 5.15% to 77.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 343 to 221 and 100 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.05% to 13.55.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.59% or 7.20 to $1204.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.59% or 0.41 to hit $69.92 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.45% or 0.35 to trade at $77.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.1656, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8960.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 94.73.