Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.68%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP), which rose 1.63% or 1.75 points to trade at 109.05 at the close. Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) added 1.33% or 1.85 points to end at 140.45 and Danone SA (PA:DANO) was up 1.28% or 0.86 points to 68.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 3.13% or 0.880 points to trade at 27.255 in late trade. Sodexo (PA:EXHO) declined 2.78% or 2.62 points to end at 91.68 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) shed 2.27% or 0.56 points to 24.06.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Amundi SA (PA:AMUN) which rose 5.44% to 61.62, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 2.51% to settle at 8.340 and Sartorius Stedim Biotech (PA:STDM) which gained 1.88% to close at 103.00.
The worst performers were Vallourec (PA:VLLP) which was down 5.39% to 5.194 in late trade, Faurecia (PA:EPED) which lost 3.48% to settle at 54.40 and Iliad (PA:ILD) which was down 3.16% to 130.25 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 362 to 190 and 112 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 8.68% to 13.74.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.37% or 4.50 to $1223.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.05% or 1.39 to hit $69.05 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.41% or 1.02 to trade at $73.41 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.1615, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.8909.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 94.79.