Investing.com – France equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Industrials and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Basic Materials, Technology and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.60%, while the SBF 120 index lost 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN), which rose 7.48% or 4.32 points to trade at 62.06 at the close. Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) added 6.69% or 1.27 points to end at 20.33 and Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) was up 6.61% or 6.41 points to 103.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP), which lost 4.99% or 2.68 points to trade at 51.04 in late trade. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) declined 0.62% or 0.47 points to end at 75.65 and STMicroelectronics NV (PA:STM) shed 0.53% or 0.065 points to 12.100.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Schneider Electric SE (PA:SCHN) which rose 7.48% to 62.06, Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) which was up 6.69% to settle at 20.33 and Capgemini SE (PA:CAPP) which gained 6.61% to close at 103.45.
The worst performers were Solocal Group SA (PA:LOCAL) which was down 17.06% to 0.676 in late trade, Publicis Groupe SA (PA:PUBP) which lost 4.99% to settle at 51.04 and Plastic Omnium (PA:PLOF) which was down 4.44% to 23.70 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 297 to 268 and 91 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was down 4.10% to 19.66.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.36% or 4.40 to $1232.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.64% or 0.43 to hit $67.25 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.49% or 0.37 to trade at $76.54 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.18% to 1.1372, while EUR/GBP rose 0.31% to 0.8870.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 96.41.