Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.31%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which rose 4.62% or 0.230 points to trade at 5.204 at the close. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) added 1.23% or 0.91 points to end at 75.00 and Atos SE (PA:ATOS) was up 1.13% or 1.35 points to 120.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI), which lost 5.83% or 1.74 points to trade at 28.05 in late trade. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) declined 3.61% or 0.266 points to end at 7.099 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) shed 1.74% or 0.33 points to 18.59.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Alten (PA:LTEN) which rose 7.68% to 77.21, Ipsen (PA:IPN) which was up 6.26% to settle at 106.15 and Genfit (PA:GNFT) which gained 6.13% to close at 32.200.
The worst performers were Zodiac Aerospace (PA:ZODC) which was down 6.52% to 20.86 in late trade, TechnipFMC PLC (PA:FTI) which lost 5.83% to settle at 28.05 and Aperam (AS:APAM) which was down 3.77% to 46.03 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 329 to 276 and 106 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 8.98% to 17.70.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.20% or 2.53 to $1266.73 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.79% or 0.89 to hit $48.73 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.76% or 0.92 to trade at $51.49 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.0873, while EUR/GBP fell 0.74% to 0.8426.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 99.04.