Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 1.81%, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sodexo SA (PA:EXHO), which rose 0.39% or 0.40 points to trade at 102.00 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 74.90 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) was down 0.09% or 0.15 points to 161.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which lost 5.67% or 0.825 points to trade at 13.730 in late trade. TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) declined 4.47% or 0.92 points to end at 19.65 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) shed 4.45% or 0.652 points to 14.010.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which rose 2.13% to 7.966, ALD SA (PA:ALDA) which was up 1.23% to settle at 13.22 and Rothschild & Co SCA (PA:ROTH) which gained 0.54% to close at 27.700.
The worst performers were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 7.50% to 1.449 in late trade, Casino Guichard Perrachon SA (PA:CASP) which lost 6.40% to settle at 27.94 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) which was down 5.67% to 13.730 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 457 to 89 and 84 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 18.88% to 17.38.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.88% or 11.25 to $1285.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 5.93% or 3.64 to hit $57.78 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 5.20% or 3.69 to trade at $67.30 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.1182, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8821.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 97.697.