Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 fell 0.50% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SBF 120 index declined 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Vivendi SA (PA:VIV), which rose 1.49% or 0.29 points to trade at 20.14 at the close. Sanofi SA (PA:SASY) added 0.73% or 0.62 points to end at 85.48 and Engie SA (PA:ENGIE) was up 0.65% or 0.09 points to 13.93 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ArcelorMittal SA (AS:MT), which lost 2.85% or 0.530 points to trade at 18.045 in late trade. Airbus Group SE (PA:AIR) declined 2.46% or 1.85 points to end at 73.28 and Cap Gemini SA (PA:CAPP) shed 1.84% or 1.70 points to 90.64.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Innate Pharma (PA:IPH) which rose 2.32% to 12.350, Vivendi SA (PA:VIV) which was up 1.49% to settle at 20.14 and Worldline SA (PA:WLN) which gained 1.24% to close at 31.820.
The worst performers were Soitec SA (PA:SOIT) which was down 6.58% to 51.940 in late trade, Neopost (PA:NPOS) which lost 3.27% to settle at 38.43 and Aperam SA (AS:APAM) which was down 3.19% to 40.08 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 401 to 203 and 86 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 10.12% to 14.36.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.54% or 19.60 to $1256.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.49% or 0.22 to hit $44.51 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.09 to trade at $46.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.64% to 1.1146, while EUR/GBP fell 0.68% to 0.8740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.58% at 97.47.