Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Gas & Water, General Financial and Foods & Drugs sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.13%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Sodexo (PA:EXHO), which rose 5.58% or 4.90 points to trade at 92.74 at the close. Societe Generale SA (PA:SOGN) added 2.14% or 0.71 points to end at 33.87 and Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) was up 1.77% or 0.31 points to 17.82 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Legrand SA (PA:LEGD), which lost 4.17% or 2.42 points to trade at 55.60 in late trade. Valeo SA (PA:VLOF) declined 2.99% or 0.82 points to end at 26.62 and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE (PA:LVMH) shed 1.90% or 5.25 points to 271.00.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Spie SA (PA:SPIE) which rose 5.78% to 14.270, Sodexo (PA:EXHO) which was up 5.58% to settle at 92.74 and Europcar Groupe SA (PA:EUCAR) which gained 3.78% to close at 8.38.
The worst performers were CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was down 7.76% to 1.758 in late trade, Metropole TV (PA:MMTP) which lost 6.92% to settle at 15.73 and Solocal Group SA (PA:LOCAL) which was down 4.55% to 0.661 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 293 to 266 and 113 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 3.22% to 15.74 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.17% or 2.10 to $1224.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.52% or 0.94 to hit $60.73 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.73% or 1.25 to trade at $70.82 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1404, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8702.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 96.19.