Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 1.92% to hit a new 6-month low, while the SBF 120 index declined 1.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM), which rose 1.95% or 0.275 points to trade at 14.405 at the close. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) added 0.63% or 0.13 points to end at 20.75 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was up 0.29% or 0.04 points to 15.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included AXA SA (PA:AXAF), which lost 3.52% or 0.82 points to trade at 22.62 in late trade. Total SA (PA:TOTF) declined 3.43% or 1.89 points to end at 53.21 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) shed 3.27% or 0.565 points to 16.705.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which rose 7.85% to 67.84, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which was up 3.49% to settle at 86.580 and DBV Technologies (PA:DBV) which gained 2.46% to close at 31.620.
The worst performers were Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 8.22% to 1.106 in late trade, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which lost 5.75% to settle at 7.994 and CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 5.59% to 2.194 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 531 to 87 and 56 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 16.58% to 20.43 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 2.43% or 29.00 to $1222.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.13% or 1.56 to hit $71.61 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 2.31% or 1.92 to trade at $81.17 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.49% to 1.1578, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8773.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 94.85.