Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.57%, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which rose 1.00% or 0.195 points to trade at 19.700 at the close. Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) added 0.85% or 0.12 points to end at 14.20 and Kering SA (PA:PRTP) was up 0.83% or 2.55 points to 310.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Societe Generale (PA:SOGN), which lost 2.32% or 1.14 points to trade at 47.83 in late trade. Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) declined 1.97% or 0.305 points to end at 15.160 and ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT) shed 1.84% or 0.415 points to 22.080.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Electricite de France SA (PA:EDF) which rose 2.69% to 9.28, Eurofins Scientific (PA:EUFI) which was up 1.27% to settle at 484.75 and Remy Cointreau (PA:RCOP) which gained 1.18% to close at 98.50.
The worst performers were Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) which was down 2.32% to 47.83 in late trade, Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which lost 2.05% to settle at 50.150 and Credit Agricole SA (PA:CAGR) which was down 1.97% to 15.160 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 312 to 255 and 111 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 7.88% to 14.19.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.61% or 7.83 to $1290.73 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.36% or 0.17 to hit $46.95 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.05% or 0.53 to trade at $50.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1743, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.9118.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 93.54.