Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrial Engineering, Oil & Gas and Oil & Gas Producers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.93%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP), which rose 2.60% or 5.85 points to trade at 231.05 at the close. Saint Gobain (PARIS:SGOB) added 0.08% or 0.04 points to end at 42.45 and Sanofi (PARIS:SASY) was up 0.03% or 0.03 points to 91.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Technip (PARIS:TECF), which lost 3.55% or 2.18 points to trade at 59.15 in late trade. Publicis Groupe SA (PARIS:PUBP) declined 3.07% or 2.20 points to end at 69.53 and Arcelormittal (AMS:ISPA) shed 2.96% or 0.30 points to 10.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Altran Technologies (PARIS:ALTT) which rose 3.71% to 9.895, Saft (PARIS:S1A) which was up 3.30% to settle at 38.48 and Unibail-Rodamco (AMS:UNBP) which gained 2.60% to close at 231.05.
The worst performers were Montupet SA (PARIS:MNTP) which was down 3.79% to 68.460 in late trade, CGG (PARIS:GEPH) which lost 3.64% to settle at 6.10 and Technip (PARIS:TECF) which was down 3.55% to 59.15 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 631 to 255 and 62 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 2.96% to 23.75.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.84% or 9.90 to $1175.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.67% or 1.59 to hit $58.05 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.74% or 1.75 to trade at $62.05 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1288, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.7345.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 95.25.