Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Leisure Goods, Automobiles & Parts and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 0.09%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.12%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Kering SA (PARIS:PRTP), which rose 1.68% or 3.00 points to trade at 181.45 at the close. Credit Agricole SA (PARIS:CAGR) added 1.34% or 0.175 points to end at 13.205 and AXA SA (PARIS:AXAF) was up 1.08% or 0.27 points to 24.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Peugeot SA (PARIS:PEUP), which lost 2.25% or 0.42 points to trade at 18.46 in late trade. Publicis Groupe SA (PARIS:PUBP) declined 1.32% or 0.91 points to end at 68.24 and Renault SA (PARIS:RENA) shed 1.31% or 1.16 points to 87.23.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Sopra Steria Group SA (PARIS:SOPR) which rose 12.84% to 97.04, Nexans (PARIS:NEXS) which was up 2.32% to settle at 39.84 and Eutelsat Communications (PARIS:ETL) which gained 2.08% to close at 28.70.
The worst performers were Maurel Et Prom (PARIS:MAUP) which was down 3.26% to 5.05 in late trade, CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which lost 3.25% to settle at 4.03 and Ipsos (PARIS:ISOS) which was down 2.71% to 22.23 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 473 to 328 and 60 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 3.25% to 17.20.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.56% or 6.10 to $1091.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.99% or 0.90 to hit $44.25 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.24% or 0.61 to trade at $48.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.0932, while EUR/GBP rose 0.75% to 0.7042.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 97.85.