Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Financials, Gas & Water and Aerospace & Defense sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 lost 2.14% to hit a new 6-month low, while the SBF 120 index gained 0.72%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Orange SA (EPA:ORAN), which rose 0.59% or 0.06 points to trade at 10.31 at the close. Carrefour SA (EPA:CARR) added 0.29% or 0.04 points to end at 13.84 and Eurofins Scientific SE (EPA:EUFI) was up 0.11% or 0.06 points to 54.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Societe Generale SA (EPA:SOGN), which lost 8.97% or 2.15 points to trade at 21.83 in late trade. Safran SA (EPA:SAF) declined 4.83% or 9.80 points to end at 193.30 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) shed 4.54% or 0.95 points to 19.99.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Ayvens SA (EPA:AYV) which rose 9.39% to 6.70, Euroapi SAS (EPA:EAPI) which was up 5.64% to settle at 3.93 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which gained 4.00% to close at 26.02.
The worst performers were Worldline SA (EPA:WLN) which was down 15.33% to 8.89 in late trade, Societe Generale SA (EPA:SOGN) which lost 8.97% to settle at 21.83 and SES (EPA:SESFd) which was down 8.21% to 4.59 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 335 to 144 and 98 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.96 a new 52-week high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.67% or 16.55 to $2,489.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.03% or 0.80 to hit $77.11 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.77% or 0.62 to trade at $80.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.30% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.32% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 104.13.