Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Utilities and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.39%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP), which rose 2.04% or 1.12 points to trade at 55.90 at the close. ArcelorMittal SA (AS:ISPA) added 1.88% or 0.134 points to end at 7.262 and Renault SA (PA:RENA) was up 1.71% or 1.27 points to 75.61 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which lost 3.50% or 0.570 points to trade at 15.735 in late trade. Carrefour SA (PA:CARR) declined 2.53% or 0.56 points to end at 21.56 and Pernod Ricard SA (PA:PERP) shed 2.46% or 2.44 points to 96.56.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Natixis (PA:CNAT) which rose 2.82% to 4.886, CGG SA (PA:GEPH) which was up 2.13% to settle at 13.9100 and BNP Paribas SA (PA:BNPP) which gained 2.04% to close at 55.90.
The worst performers were Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which was down 3.87% to 13.650 in late trade, Ingenico Group (PA:INGC) which lost 3.63% to settle at 70.85 and Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) which was down 3.50% to 15.735 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 423 to 267 and 101 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 5.01% to 20.87.
In commodities trading, Gold for February delivery was down 0.55% or 6.45 to $1167.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 4.37% or 2.16 to hit $51.60 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 4.71% or 2.44 to trade at $54.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.34% to 1.0627, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8443.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.34% at 101.28.