Investing.com – France equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Paris, the CAC 40 declined 0.07%, while the SBF 120 index fell 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the CAC 40 were Societe Generale (PA:SOGN), which rose 5.51% or 1.89 points to trade at 36.07 at the close. Technip (PA:TECF) added 2.12% or 1.23 points to end at 59.25 and Peugeot SA (PA:PEUP) was up 1.96% or 0.26 points to 13.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE), which lost 6.34% or 1.225 points to trade at 18.090 in late trade. Solvay SA (BR:SOLB) declined 2.30% or 2.35 points to end at 100.00 and Vinci SA (PA:SGEF) shed 1.82% or 1.18 points to 63.64.
The top performers on the SBF 120 were Genfit (PA:GNFT) which rose 6.63% to 18.490, Air France KLM SA (PA:AIRF) which was up 6.08% to settle at 5.760 and Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) which gained 5.51% to close at 36.07.
The worst performers were Veolia Environnement VE SA (PA:VIE) which was down 6.34% to 18.090 in late trade, Ubisoft Entertainment (PA:UBIP) which lost 4.03% to settle at 29.030 and Numericable SFR SA (PA:SFRGR) which was down 2.55% to 22.530 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 393 to 280 and 110 ended unchanged on the Paris Stock Exchange.
The CAC 40 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of CAC 40 options, was up 1.44% to 23.00 a new 3-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.40% or 5.20 to $1303.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.76% or 0.80 to hit $44.54 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.34% or 0.63 to trade at $46.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.1103, while EUR/GBP fell 1.19% to 0.8915.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 97.22.