Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Financials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 added 0.02%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Technip (PA:TECF), which rose 1.73% or 1.16 points to trade at 68.05 at the close. Total SA (PA:TOTF) added 1.25% or 0.59 points to end at 48.19 and Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) was up 1.17% or 0.88 points to 76.08 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA), which lost 5.10% or 0.242 points to trade at 4.503 in late trade. Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) declined 2.56% or 0.47 points to end at 17.86 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) shed 2.39% or 0.175 points to 7.134.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Elis Services SA (PA:ELIS) which rose 8.26% to 16.84, BIC (PA:BICP) which was up 1.87% to settle at 128.00 and Teleperformance (PA:ROCH) which gained 1.85% to close at 95.74.
The worst performers were Nokia Oyj (PA:NOKIA) which was down 5.10% to 4.503 in late trade, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which lost 3.54% to settle at 13.8900 and Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which was down 2.56% to 17.86 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 310 to 256 and 108 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 0.59% to 14.62.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.20% or 2.25 to $1130.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.07% or 0.56 to hit $53.05 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.16% or 0.63 to trade at $55.09 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.0446, while EUR/GBP rose 0.64% to 0.8493.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 103.01.