Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.55%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Accor SA (PA:ACCP), which rose 1.59% or 0.67 points to trade at 42.74 at the close. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) added 1.52% or 0.27 points to end at 18.00 and Unibail Rodamco SE (AS:UNBP) was up 0.21% or 0.45 points to 211.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Safran SA (PA:SAF), which lost 1.47% or 1.29 points to trade at 86.54 in late trade. LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) declined 1.41% or 3.55 points to end at 247.80 and TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) shed 1.21% or 0.32 points to 26.14.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Eramet (PA:ERMT) which rose 3.49% to 98.48, Maisons du Monde SAS (PA:MDM) which was up 1.78% to settle at 36.585 and Nexity (PA:NEXI) which gained 1.60% to close at 49.72.
The worst performers were SES (PA:SESFd) which was down 2.38% to 13.12 in late trade, GTT (PA:GTT) which lost 1.62% to settle at 50.47 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) which was down 1.47% to 86.54 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 337 to 267 and 93 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 5.27% to 12.19.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.39% or 5.10 to $1296.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $59.64 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.11 to trade at $65.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.47% to 1.1952, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8886.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 92.31.