Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Utilities and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.09%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY), which rose 4.09% or 1.42 points to trade at 36.02 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 3.52% or 2.35 points to end at 69.05 and Safran SA (PA:SAF) was up 1.95% or 1.26 points to 65.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which lost 5.78% or 0.935 points to trade at 15.230 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) declined 2.22% or 0.191 points to end at 8.416 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) shed 1.98% or 0.230 points to 11.390.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ipsen (PA:IPN) which rose 6.67% to 82.66, Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which was up 4.25% to settle at 27.950 and Bouygues SA (PA:BOUY) which gained 4.09% to close at 36.02.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 10.08% to 5.724 in late trade, Ipsos (PA:ISOS) which lost 7.19% to settle at 29.51 and Technicolor (PA:TCH) which was down 6.95% to 3.670 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 354 to 257 and 108 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.71% to 15.36.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.41% or 17.35 to $1250.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.59% or 0.85 to hit $54.44 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 1.31% or 0.73 to trade at $56.57 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.0579, while EUR/GBP fell 0.61% to 0.8428.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 100.98.